a { text-decoration: none !important; text-align: right; } Dnister Estuary, Дністровський лиман; Dnistrovskyi lyman, Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Інтернетова Енциклопедія України (ІЕУ), Ukraine, Ukraina, Україна"> Dnister Estuary
Skip Navigation

Dnister Estuary

Image - The Dnister Estuary (shore).
Image - The Dnister Estuary.

Dnister Estuary [Дністровський лиман; Dnistrovskyi lyman]. Map: VII-11. Flooded mouth of the Dnister River, separated from the Black Sea by the narrow, sandy Buhaz Spit. The estuary is 40 km long, up to 12 km wide, and 1.5–5 m deep. It freezes in winter. Its southern portion is navigable. The towns of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Ovidiopil are situated on the banks of the Dnister Estuary.

  [This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]



List of related links from Encyclopedia of Ukraine pointing to Dnister Estuary entry:


A referral to this page is found in 8 entries.




Click Home to get to the IEU Home page; to contact the IEU editors click Contact.
To learn more about IEU click About IEU and to view the list of donors and to become an IEU supporter click Donors.



©2001 All Rights Reserved. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.