Tylihul (river)

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The Tylihul (Ukrainian: Тилігул) is a river in the Odesa Oblast of southern Ukraine. It is 168 km long, up to 10–20 m wide, with a watershed of 3,550 km2. Its source is in the Podilian Upland and it flows through a narrow (1.0—1.5 km wide) valley to the Black Sea depression, where the valley widens up to 3 km. The river inflows to the Tylihul Estuary.

Tylihul
The Tylihul River
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Native nameТилігул (Ukrainian)
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
TributariesZhurivka
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The name of the river comes from the name of the water body into which it flows, the Tylihul Estuary, Turkish: Deli Göl, which means "mad or rabid lake".

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