liman

hydrology

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drainage of Ukraine

  • Ukraine
    In Ukraine: Drainage

    Known as limans, these bodies of water form at the mouths of rivers or ephemeral streams and are blocked off by sandbars from the sea. Some artificial lakes have been formed, the largest of which are reservoirs at hydroelectric dams—e.g., the reservoir on the Dnieper upstream from…

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