Sasyk Lagoon | |
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Location | Ukraine |
Lake type | brackishwater lagoon |
Primary inflows | Cogalnic River, Sarata River |
Basin countries | Ukraine |
Surface area | 210 km2 |
Max. depth | 3.9 m |
Surface elevation | −0.3 m |
Settlements | Tatarbunary |
Sasyk, or Kunduk (Romanian: Limanul Sasic, Conduc, Turkish: Sasık Gölü, Kunduk Gölü), is a lagoon (liman) in the southern Ukraine, near the Danube delta. The area of the lagoon is 210 km2, depth up to 3.9 m.
Until 1978 the lagoon was separated to two parts: northern brackishwater area, the rivers Cogalnic and Sarata inflow and a southern marine area. The lagoon was separated from the sea by a 0.5 km wide sandbar.
In 1978 the concrete dam was built on the sandbar and the lagoon was connected to the Danube River by the canal. Now the lagoon is transformed to the oligohaline reservoir.