Molochnyi Lyman

{{Short description|Estuary of the Molochna River}}

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|name = Molochnyi Estuary

|image = Molochnyi Lyman Kosykh.jpg

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| pushpin_map = Ukraine Zaporizhia Oblast#Ukraine

| pushpin_map_alt = Location of an estuary in Ukraine

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|location = Sea of Azov

|coords = {{coord|46|32|N|35|19|E|region:UA_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

|rivers = Molochna, Tashchenak, Dzhekelna

|oceans = Black Sea

|countries = Ukraine

|length = {{convert|32|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|width = {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|area = {{convert|168|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

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|max-depth = {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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|salinity = 18-40 ‰

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_date = 23 November 1995

| designation1_number = 770{{Cite web|title=Molochnyi Lyman|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/770|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}} {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=8 |marker = marker-stroked |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}

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Molochnyi Estuary, or Molochnyi Lyman ({{langx|uk|Молочний лиман}}), is an estuary of the Molochna River, located on the north-western coast of the Sea of Azov. About {{nobr|10 km}} north is the town of Melitopol.

Parameters of the water body:

• Length 32 km
• Width 8 km
• Depth 3 m
• Area 168 km²

It is connected to the Sea of Azov by an artificial canal.{{Cite web |url=http://file.menr.gov.ua/publ/regobl02/dpsir/AzovSea_2003/drivers/reservations/molochnij_liman.htm |title=Молочний лиман (archived copy) |trans-title=Molochnyi Lyman (lit. 'Milk estuary') |work=file.menr.gov.ua |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526171850/http://file.menr.gov.ua/publ/regobl02/dpsir/AzovSea_2003/drivers/reservations/molochnij_liman.htm |archive-date=26 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}