| Tuzly Lagoons | |
|---|---|
 Northern coast of Alibey Lagoon, one of the 3 main lagoons in the group. | |
 The schematic map of the Tuzly Lagoons | |
  Tuzly Lagoons | |
| Location | Black Sea |
| Coordinates | 45°47′N 30°00′E / 45.783°N 30.000°E / 45.783; 30.000 |
| Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
| Basin countries | Ukraine |
| Max. length | 29 km (18 mi) |
| Surface area | 206 km (80 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 1.0–1.3 m (3.3–4.3 ft) |
| Max. depth | 2.5 m (8.2 ft) |
| Salinity | 18-40 ‰ |
| Ramsar Wetland | |
| Official name | Shagany-Alibei-Burnas Lakes System |
| Designated | 23 November 1995 |
| Reference no. | 763 |
Tuzly Lagoons (Ukrainian: Тузловські лимани, Romanian: Limanele Tuzlei) are a group of marine lagoons (limans) in southern Bessarabia (Budjak), Ukraine. The lagoons are part of the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park, proclaimed on January 1, 2010. The name of the lagoons originates from the Turkish: Tuzlu, which means salty.
The group includes three main lagoons: Shahany, Alibey, and Burnas, and also smaller lagoons: Solone Ozero, Khadzhyder, Karachaus, Budury, Kurudiol, Martaza, Mahala, Malyi Sasyk, and Dzhantshey.
The total area of the lagoons is 206 km, depth 1.6–2.5 m, averaging 1.0–1.3 m. The lagoons are separated from the Black Sea by a 29-km long sandbar, which is 60–400 m wide and 1–3 m high.
Notes and references
- "Shagany-Alibei-Burnas Lakes System". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- "President of Ukraine's decree № 1/2010 for the creation of the Tuzly Limans national nature park" Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- "Pearls of the Black Sea" (in Ukrainian)
- "Starushenko L.I., Bushuyev S.G. (2001) Prichernomorskiye limany Odeschiny i ih rybohoziaystvennoye znacheniye". Astroprint, Odesa, 151 pp. (in Russian)
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