Dniester Estuary
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Dniester Liman
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Zatoka | |
| Official name | Northern Part of the Dniester Liman |
| Designated | 23 November 1995 |
| Reference no. | 765[1] |
Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman (
Shabo, situated downstream of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, is known for its wine. The estuary hosts the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Seaport
.
The area of the liman varies between 360 and 408 km2, it is 42.5 km long and has maximum width of 12 km. The average depth is 1.8 m, the maximum depth 2.7 m.
On the
Zatoka. The only entirely Ukrainian road connecting to Budjak is the H33 along the spit; to avoid the marshes at the northern end of the liman, Highway M15 has to cross into Moldova
. The Dniester Liman is the closest open body of water to landlocked Moldova; only 3 km of Ukrainian territory separates Moldova from the Black Sea.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 2 May 2022, during
the invasion, a Russian rocket strike hit Zatoka Bridge, a strategically important bridge over the estuary.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Northern Part of the Dniester Liman". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Russian rocket strike hits strategic bridge in southwest Ukraine - local authorities". Reuters. 2022-05-04. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dniester Estuary.
- Datasheet from www.wetlands.org (pdf file)[permanent dead link]
- (in Russian) 1:100,000 topographic map of the liman - northern section
- (in Russian) 1:100,000 topographic map of the liman - southern section
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