17 Landforms of Odessa Oblast

Arcadia beach is Odessa, Ukraine's most famous beach. It is located in the Arcadia quarter.

Budaki, or Budaksky Lagoon is a Black Sea lagoon (liman) in Bessarabia, southern Ukraine. Located in 18 km from the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. The lagoon is separated from the Black Sea by the 80–200 m wide sandbar. The health spa town Sergiyivka is located on the coasts of the Budaki Lagoon.

Cuciurgan Reservoir is a large water reservoir, built on Kuchurhan River on the state border between Ukraine and Moldova.

Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman is a liman, formed at the point where the river Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is located in Ukraine, in Odessa Oblast, and connects Budjak to the Ukrainian mainland. The city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi lies on its western shore and Ovidiopol on its eastern shore. Shabo, situated downstream of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, is known for its wine. The estuary hosts the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Seaport.

Dofinivka Estuary, Great Adzhalyk Estuary, or Dofinivskyi Lyman, 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.

Khadzhibey Estuary, or Khadzhibeyskyi Liman, is an estuary of the north-western part of the Black Sea, located on the north-west from the City of Odessa. It is named after the former Khadzhibey fortress.

Kuyalnik Estuary Kuyagnyk formerly the Andriyivsky Liman is an estuary of the Velykyi Kuyalnik on the northwest coast of the Black Sea, one of the group of Odessa estuaries, located north of Odessa.

Lake Bile is a lake in the south-western Ukraine, in the delta of the Dniester River. It is located south from the village of Mayaki. The lake is 1.7 km long and 0.8 km width. It is connected with the Dniester River and its left branch Turunchuk.

Kuhurlui is a lake in the south-western Ukraine, in the south of Bessarabia. It is in complex of the Danube river delta.

Lake Pohorile is a lake in the south-western Ukraine, in the delta of the Dniester River. It is located south from the city of Bilyayivka. The lake is characterized my low flow. The water source of the waterbody gets from several small canals, which connect the lake with the Turunchuk River. The lake is the place of spawning of numerous species of phytophylous fish. The oxygen content of the lake waters is 96.4-96.5%, with its concentration of 9.6-11.5 mg/l. The water salinity is 1.0-1.2‰, pH — 8.3-8.7.

Safyany is a lake in the south-western Ukraine, in the delta of the Dniester River. It is located near the city of Bilyayivka.

Yalpuh is a freshwater lake located in the southern Ukrainian oblast of Odessa. The largest natural lake in Ukraine, it covers an area of 149 km², has an average depth of about two metres, a maximum depth of 5.5 metres and, at its southernmost point, adjoins Lake Kugurluy.

Sasyk, or Kunduk, is a lagoon or liman in southern Ukraine, near the Danube Delta. It is a Ramsar listed wetland site important for migrating, breeding and moulting birds. About 25,000 pairs of wetland birds make their nests there and seasonal conglomerations of birds are up to 100,000 individuals.

Hryhorivsky Estuary, or Small Adzhalyk Estuary, is a brackish water area in South Ukraine, in 30 km to north-east from Odessa. In the lower part of the estuary the Port Yuzhny is located. The estuary connected with the sea by the navigation canal 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.

Snake Island, also known as Serpent Island, is an island located in the Black Sea, near the Danube Delta.

Sukhyi Estuary, or Sukhyi Liman, is on open estuary in the north-western Black Sea, near the cities of Odessa and Illichivsk, Ukraine. In 1957 the estuary was connected to the sea via 14-m depth navigation canal, therefore the water body de facto transformed to the marine bay. Upper site of the estuary is more shallow, up to 1.5 m depth. Northern and western parts are separated by artificial dam and transformed to fresh water ponds. The Dalnyk River inflows to the estuary.

Tuzly Lagoons are a group of marine lagoons (limans) in southern Bessarabia (Budjak), Ukraine. The lagoons are part of the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park, proclaimed on January 1, 2010. The name of the lagoons originates from the Turkish: Tuzlu, which means salty.