Tylihul (river)

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.

Tylihul
The Tylihul River
Native nameUkrainian: Тилігул
Location
Country Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationPodolian Upland
Mouth 
  location
Tylihul Estuary
Length168 km (104 mi)
Basin size3,550 km2 (1,370 sq mi)
Basin features
TributariesZhurivka

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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