Berezan Estuary, or Berezanskyi Liman (Ukrainian: Березанський лиман, Turkish: Büzülu liman), is open estuary on the northern coast of the Black Sea, western from the town Ochakiv.[1] Length 26 km, width 4 km in south. Separated from the sea by sandbar, which has 640 m canal. Coasts are high. Two rivers, Berezan and Sasyk, inflow to the estuary.

Berezan Estuary
photograph of estuary
Location of estuary off the coast of Ukraine
Location of estuary off the coast of Ukraine
Berezan Estuary
LocationBlack Sea
Coordinates46°42′N 31°30′E / 46.700°N 31.500°E / 46.700; 31.500
River sourcesBerezan River, Sasyk River
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic Ocean
Basin countriesUkraine
Max. length26 km (16 mi)
Max. width0.6–4 km (0.37–2.49 mi)
Surface area60 km2 (23 sq mi)
Average depth3.3 m (11 ft)
Max. depth15 m (49 ft)
Water volume0.2 km3 (0.048 cu mi)
SettlementsOchakiv

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  1. ^ "Google Maps".