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 | |
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The Tylihul River | |
Native name | Ukrainian: Тилігул |
Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Podolian Upland |
Mouth | |
• location | Tylihul Estuary |
Length | 168 km (104 mi) |
Basin size | 3,550 km2 (1,370 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | Zhurivka |
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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