Khadzhyder Lagoon
Khadzhyder Lagoon (Ukrainian: Хаджидер, Romanian: Lacul Hagider) is a salty lagoon in the Tuzly Lagoons group in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It is separated from the Alibey by a sandbar. Two river, Khadzhyder River and Hlyboka River, inflow into the lagoon. The last one inflows west to the village Bezymyanka, it has a length 24 km, watershed area 80.3 km. The lagoon has a 4 km length and 2.5 km width. Two villages, Lyman and Bezymyanka, are located on the coast of the lagoon.
The lagoon was a part of the Alibey Lagoon in historical period, and appeared as a result of separation of the Khadzhyder River mouth by a sandbar. Several kurhans of Catacomb culture are located near the village of Lyman.
The water body is included to the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park.
«The valley of Hajji»
- Hajj (Turkish: honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca), Hajj (Arabic: حج hajj) is an Islamic pilgrimage.
- Dere (Tatar: valley)
The name of the lagoon Khadzhyder on the historical maps:
- 1877 — Romanian: L. Hadji Der.
Sources
- ^ Янко М. Т. Топонімічний словник України: Словник-довідник. — К.: «Знання», 1998.
- ^ The map of the Bessarabian Front (Russian-Turkish War, 1856–1877)
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