Kilijaarm

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Kilijaarm
(Chiliaarm)
Kilia-Chilia.jpg
Data
location Romania / Ukraine border
River system Danube
Junction from the Danube on Ukrainian and Romanian territory north of Tulcea
45 ° 13 ′ 44 ″  N , 28 ° 44 ′ 10 ″  E
muzzle into the Black Sea Coordinates: 45 ° 13 ′ 18 ″  N , 29 ° 44 ′ 31 ″  E 45 ° 13 ′ 18 ″  N , 29 ° 44 ′ 31 ″  E

Medium-sized cities Tulcea
Small towns Wylkowe
Communities Palazu, Pardina, Chilia Veche, Periprava.

The Kilijaarm (also Chiliaarm , Ukrainian Кілійське гирло / Romanian Brațul Chilia ) is the northernmost estuary of the Danube into the Black Sea . Together with the other two estuary arms, the Sulina arm and the Sfântu-Gheorghe arm , they form the Danube Delta .

description

Kilijaarm near Wylkowe

The Kilijaarm is the estuary with the most water (60 percent of the total amount of water flows over the Kilijaarm into the Black Sea). It is the most widely used arm of the Danube for shipping. It is 116 km long, has its own kilometers and forms the border between Romania (right bank) and Ukraine (left bank). The last kilometers of the Kilijaarm are in Ukraine on both sides. It is named after the Ukrainian city of Kilija .

On the left bank of the Kilijaarm are the important Ukrainian ports of Ismajil (km 90), Kilija (km 47) and Wylkowe (km 19).

See also

literature

  • Petre Gâștescu, Romulus Știucă: Delta Dunării - Rezervaţie a biosferei. București 2008, ISBN 978-973-1760-98-9 , p. 398. (Romanian)

Web links

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