Khadzhibey Estuary, or Khadzhibeyskyi Liman , is an estuary of the north-western part of the Black Sea

Black Sea

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, located on the north-west from the City

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 of Odessa

Odessa

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. It is separated from the sea

Sea

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 by the sandbar, which has about 5 km length. The linght of the estuary is 31 km, width 0.5–2.5 km, square 70 km², depth up to 2.5 m. The bottom of the estuary is covered by the flakes of black mud

Mud

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, which have healthy properties. The river

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 Malyi Kuyalnyk flows to the estuary

Estuary

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. The fauna

Fauna

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 of the estuary consists of crabs Rhithropanopeus harrisii, shrimp

Shrimp

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s Palaemon elegans, round goby

Round goby

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 Neogobius melanostomus and monkey goby Neogobius fluviatilis

Neogobius fluviatilis

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, etc.

See also

• Berezan Estuary
  Berezan Estuary
  Berezan Estuary, or Berezanskyi Liman , is open estuary on the northern coast of the Black Sea, western from the town Ochakiv. Length 26 km, width 4 km in south. Separated from the sea by sandbar, which has 640 m canal. Coasts are high...
  
  
• Dniester Estuary
• Hryhorivsky Estuary
  Hryhorivsky Estuary
  Hryhorivsky Estuary, or Small Adzhalyk Estuary , is a brackish water area in the South Ukraine, in 30 km to north-east from Odessa. In the lower part of the estuary the Port Yuzhny is located...
  
  
• Tyligul Estuary
  Tyligul Estuary
  Tyligul Estuary is an estuary of the Tyligul River. Located in the south of Ukraine. The name of the water body has origine from , means "mad, rabid lake". The estuary has length 80 km, width 0.2—3.5 km, depth up to 19 m. The isolation of the estuary from the Black Sea was in 18-19-th...
  
  
• Sukhyi Estuary