Hryhorivsky Estuary
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Hryhorivsky Estuary, or Small Adzhalyk Estuary , is a brackish water area in the South Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, in 30 km to north-east from Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

. In the lower part of the estuary
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....

 (left bank) the Port Yuzhny
Yuzhne
Yuzhne is a port city in Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is situated on the country's Black Sea coast....

 is located. The estuary
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....

 connected with the sea by the navigation canal
Canal
Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...

 3 km length and 14 m depth.
The length of the estuary is about 12 km, width from 300 m in upper part to 1.3 km in lower part.

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