Dniester Liman

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Landsat satellite photo of Dniester Liman
Landsat satellite photo of Dniester Liman

Dniester Liman (Ukrainian: Дністровський лиман) is a liman, formed at the point where the river Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is located in Ukraine, in Odessa Oblast. The city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi lies on its western shore and Ovidiopol on its eastern shore.

The area of the liman varies between 360 and 408 km², it is 42,5 km long and has maximum width of 12 km. The average depth is 1,8 m, the maximum depth 2,7 m.

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