Khadzhyder Lagoon

Khadzhyder Lagoon
The Kurudiol Lagoon on the schematic map of the Tuzly Lagoons (#8)
Khadzhyder Lagoon
Location	Black Sea
Coordinates	45°52′N 29°58′E
River sources	Khadzhyder River, Hlyboka River
Ocean/sea sources	Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	Ukraine
Max. length	4 km (2.5 mi)
Max. width	2.5 km (1.6 mi)

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 km². 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.

Hydronym

«The valley of Hajji»^[1]

• 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.^[2]

Sources

1. Янко М. Т. Топонімічний словник України: Словник-довідник. — К.: «Знання», 1998.
2. The map of the Bessarabian Front (Russian-Turkish War, 1856–1877)