Yalpuh is a freshwater

Freshwater

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 lake

Lake

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 located in the southern Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 oblast

Oblast

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 of Odessa

Odessa Oblast

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. The largest natural lake in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, it covers an area of 149 km², has an average depth of about 2 metres, a maximum depth of 5.5 metres and, at its southern-most point, adjoins Lake Kugurluy

Kugurluy

Kugurluy is a lake in the south-western Ukraine, in the south of Bessarabia. It is in complex of the Danube river delta....

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Located at 45°25′N 28°37′E, its northern shores are in the Bolhrad Raion, it borders the Reni Raion to its southwest and the Izmail Raion to its southeast.

The largest town on Yalpuh's shore

Shore

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s is Bolhrad

Bolhrad

Bolhrad sometimes known as Bolgrad is a small city in Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Bolhrad Raion , and is located at around ....

 at its northernmost point. Larger villages include Vynohradivka to the north, Kotlovyna

Kotlovyna

Kotlovyna is a selo in the Reniyskyi raion of the southern Ukrainian oblast of Odessa. It is situated on the western bank of Ozero Yalpug at .In 2001 its population was recorded as 2,643....

 to the west and Ozerne on its southeastern shore

Shore

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