Dofinivka Estuary

Great Adzhalyk Estuary

View of the estuary
Location Ukraine
Coordinates 46°35′52″N 30°53′24″E / 46.59778°N 30.89000°E / 46.59778; 30.89000Coordinates: 46°35′52″N 30°53′24″E / 46.59778°N 30.89000°E / 46.59778; 30.89000
Type Estuary
Primary inflows Great Adzhalyk
Basin countries Ukraine
Max. length 7.7 km
Max. width 1.1 km
Surface area 6.0 km²
Average depth 0.74 m
Water volume 4.5 mln. m²
Salinity 12.1-13.4 ‰
Settlements Nova Dofinivka, Vapnyarka

Dofinivka Estuary, Great Adzhalyk Estuary, or Dofinisvkyi Lyman (Ukrainian: Дофінівський лиман, Великий Аджалицький лиман, Russian: Дофиновский лиман, Большой Аджалыцкий лиман, Turkish: Büyük Adcalik liman), is a brackish water area in South Ukraine, in 12 km to east from Odessa. The water body is an estuary of small steppe river Great Adzhalyk, which inflows to the estuary in northern part. The length of the estuary is about 8 km, width about 1 km. The water body is very shallow, maximal depth is 1.2 m, but average less than 0.5 m.

It is separated from the Black Sea by the sandbar. It is artificially connected with the sea by a tube, about 1 m in diameter, since July 2001. The estuary is the shallowest water body in the north-western Black Sea.

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