Dnieper-Bug Estuary is an open estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....

, or liman, of two river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

s: Dnieper and Southern Bug

Southern Bug

The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh), is a river located in Ukraine. The source of the river is in the west of Ukraine, in the Volyn-Podillia Upland, about 145 km from the Polish border, and flows southeasterly into the Bug Estuary through the southern steppes...

. Located in the northern coast of the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...

. The most important port is Ochakiv

Ochakiv

Ochakiv is a city in the Mykolaiv Oblast of southern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Ochakivsky Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on a peninsula in the Black Sea, at the entrance to the Dnieper Rivers's estuary,...

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The water body includes two parts: more wide Dnieper Estuary

Dnieper Estuary

Dnieper Estuary, or Dnieper Liman , is an open oligohaline estuary in the northern part of the Black Sea, in the southern Ukraine. Main port of the water body is Ochakiv. The estuary has 55 km long, 17 km wide. Average depth 6-7 m, maximal 12 m .The estuary is connected to the Black Sea by the...

 (55 km long, up to 17 km wide), and narrow Bug Estuary

Bug Estuary

Bug Estuary is an estuary of the Southern Bug. It has 82 km long and up to 11 km wide. Together with the Dnieper Estuary makes Dnieper-Bug Estuary. The city of Mykolaiv is located on the Bug Estuary....

 (47 km long, from 5 to 11 km wide). Average depth 6–7 m, maximal is 12 m.

The estuary

Estuary

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 has transport

Transport

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, recreation

Recreation

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, and fisheries importance.