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Kuyalnytskyi Liman (Ukr. Kuyalnytskyi Liman; before 1917 Andreevskyi Liman) is a liman 3 km northwest of the coast of the Odessa Bay of the Black Sea, 8 km from the center of Odessa. The area of the estuary - 56-60 km², length - 28 km, the greatest width - 3 km. The average depth is about 1 meter. It is separated from the sea by a sandy embayment up to 3 km wide. The salinity of the water is currently more than 300 ppm. The Big Kuyalnik River flows into the estuary. In the area of Kuyalnytskyi estuary is the lowest point of Ukraine: minus 5 meters from sea level.

The name, according to a number of researchers, is associated with the high concentration of salt in the water of the estuary and comes from the Turkic word “Kuyanlyk”