Tylihul (river)

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Coordinates: 47°46′47.3″N 29°34′37.9″E / 47.779806°N 29.577194°E / 47.779806; 29.577194

Tylihul
Tylihul River 2.jpg
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
Tributaries

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 , 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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