Tylihul River
For other uses, see Tylihul.
Coordinates: 47°46′47.3″N 29°34′37.9″E / 47.779806°N 29.577194°E
Tylihul | |
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The Tylihul River | |
Native name | Ukrainian: Тилігул |
Country | Ukraine |
Basin | |
Main source | Podolian Upland |
River mouth | Tylihul Estuary |
Basin size | 3,550 km2 (1,370 sq mi) |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 168 km (104 mi) |
Features | |
Tributaries | Zhurivka |
Tylihul (Ukrainian: Тилігул) is a river in the Odessa Oblast in southern Ukraine, 168 km long, up to 10–20 m wide, watershed is 3 550 km2. It has origin in the Podolian Upland and flows through narrow (1.0—1.5 km wide) valley to the Black Sea depression, where the valley is wider and has up to 3 km. The river inflows to the Tylihul Estuary.
The name of the river comes from the name of the water body into which it flows, the Tylihul Estuary, Turkish: Deli Göl, means "mad, rabid lake".
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