Budaki Lagoon
lagoon in Ukraine
Budaki, or Budaksky Lagoon (other names: Shabolatsky Liman, Shabolat, Budaksky Liman; Ukrainian: Будацький лиман, Шаболат, Romanian: Limanul Budachi, Şabolat) 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 urban-type settlement of Serhiivka is located on the coasts of the Budaki Lagoon.
The temporary connection between the lagoon and the sea is organised via artificial canal «Budaki» (on the southern west), sometime via natural erosion (washout) of the sandbar. The lagoon is connected to the Dniester Estuary via canals «Bugaz-1» and «Bugaz-2». In the central part of the lagoon, in the urban-type settlement of Serhiivka, the bridge is connect the town with the sandbar.
The lagoon has 17 km long, 1.5 km wide, 0.8-2.4 m elevation, area of 27–32 km2. The length of the sandbar is about 18 km, its width is 80–200 m. The lagoon is shallow, maximal depth up to 2.2 m, average 1.05 m.
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