Hryhorivsky Estuary, or Small Adzhalyk Estuary , is a brackish water area in the South Ukraine

Ukraine

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, in 30 km to north-east from Odessa

Odessa

Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

. In the lower part of the estuary

Estuary

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 (left bank) the Port Yuzhny

Yuzhne

Yuzhne is a port city in Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is situated on the country's Black Sea coast....

 is located. The 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....

 connected with the sea by the navigation canal

Canal

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 3 km length and 14 m depth.
The length of the estuary is about 12 km, width from 300 m in upper part to 1.3 km in lower part.

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