Berezan Estuary Explained

Berezan Estuary
Pushpin Map:Ukraine
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of estuary off the coast of Ukraine
Location:Black Sea
Coords:46.7°N 61°W
Rivers:Berezan River, Sasyk River
Oceans:Atlantic Ocean
Countries:Ukraine
Length:26km (16miles)
Width:0.6-
Area:60km2
Depth:3.3m (10.8feet)
Max-Depth:15m (49feet)
Volume:0.2km3
Cities:Ochakiv

Berezan Estuary, or Berezanskyi Liman (Ukrainian: Березанський лиман, Turkish: Büzülu 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. Two rivers, Berezan and Sasyk, inflow to the estuary.

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