Gulf of Odesa
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  Gulf of Odesa | |
| Location | Black Sea |
| Coordinates | 46°28′N30°46′E/ 46.467°N 30.767°E |
| Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
| Basincountries | Ukraine |
| Max. width | 20 kilometres (12 mi)[1] |
| Surface area | 38 square kilometres (15 sq mi)[1] |
| Salinity | 10-17 ‰ |
| Settlements | Odesa |
TheGulf of Odesa,orOdesa Bay,(Ukrainian:Одеська затока,Odeska zatoka) is a part of theBlack SeabetweenNorth Odesa Capein the north andCape Velykyi Fontanin the south.
Overview
[edit]The coasts of thegulfhavecapesLangeronandMalyi Fontan.In the north-western part of thegulftheestuariesKuyalnikandKhadzhibeyare separated by theKuyalnik-Khadzhibey sandbar.The gulf of Odesa is more like abight,especially considering the fact that geologically it is an extension ofBlack Sea Lowland.The gulf is in the shape of an ellipse stretched from southwest to northeast. Its northeastern portion is more shallow having only up to 5 m (16 ft) of depth where its southwestern portion has 14 m (46 ft).[1]
The Gulf of Odesa is under the influence of the flows of theriversDnieper,Dniester,andDanube.Thesalinityof the surface waters is normally 10–17‰,withupwellingup to 18‰,[2]but decreases in some years to about 5–7‰.[3]
The City ofOdesaand thePort of Odesaare located on the coasts of the gulf.
References
[edit]- ^abcFacts about the gulf of Odesa. Part one: not suited for submarines, and after thousands of years the Arcadia will become a fjord (Факты об Одесском заливе. Часть первая: не подходит для субмарин, а через тысячу лет Аркадия станет фьордом (инфографика)).Dumskaya. 28 July 2016
- ^Zaitsev Yu.P. (1992) Ekologicheskoye sostoyaniye shelfovoy zony Chernogo morya u poberezhya Ukrainy (obzor). Hydrobiol. J., 28(4): 3–18. (in Russian)
- ^Garkavaya G.P., Bogatova Yu.I., Berlinskiy N.A., Goncharov A.Yu. (2000) Rayonirovaniye Ukrainskogo sektora severo-zapadnoy chasti Chernogo morya (po gidrofizicheskim i gidrohimicheskim harakteristikam) [In:] Ekologicheskaya bezopasnost pribrezhnyh i shelfovyh zon i kompleksnoje ispolzovaniye resursov shelfa, Ed.: V.A. Ivanov et al., Sevastopol, Ekosi-Gidrofizika, pp. 9–24. (in Russian)
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