Coastal features and major population centres Sea of Azov

major spits of sea of azov: 1. arabat 2. fedotov 3. obitochna 4. berdyansk 5. belosaraysk 6. krivaya 7. beglitsk 8. glafirovsk (east) , yeysk (west) 9. dolgaya 10. kamyshevatsk 11. yasensk 12. achuevsk 13. chushka

many rivers flowing sea of azov form bays, lagoons , limans. sand, silt , shells bring deposited in areas of reduced flow, sides of bays, forming narrow sandbanks called spits. typical maximum depth in bays , limans few metres. because of shallow waters , abundant rivers, spits remarkably long , numerous in sea – arabat spit stretches on 112 kilometres (70 mi) , 1 of world s longest spits; 3 other spits, fedotov spit, achuevsk spit , obitochna spit, longer 30 km. spits stretch north south , shape can change on several years.

a remarkable feature of sea of azov large complex of shallow lagoons called sivash or rotten sea . typical depth 0.5–1 metres maximum of 3 metres. cover area of 2,560 square kilometres (990 sq mi) in northeastern crimea separated sea arabatsk spit. north of spit lies city of henichesk (population 22,500) , south of bay of arabat. sivash accepts 1.5 km of azov water per year. because of lagoons wide extent , shallowness, water rapidly evaporates, resulting in high salinity of 170 on practical salinity scale (i.e. 170 psu). reason sivash has long had important salt-producing industry.

population centres on sea of azov

north of arabat spit molochna liman associated fedotov spit (45 km long) formed molochna river. farther north, between fedotov spit , obytochna spit (30 km long), lies obytochny bay. further north, between obytochna spit , berdyansk spit (23 km long), berdyansk bay 2 cities, berdyansk (population 112,000) , primorsk (population 13,900). further north again lies belosaraysk bay belosaraysk spit, formed river kalmius. major city in area mariupol (population 491,600). then, approaching taganrog bay , close taganrog, mius liman , krivaya spit formed mius river.

with area of 5,600 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi), taganrog bay largest bay of sea of azov. located in north-eastern part of sea , bounded belosaraysk , dolgaya spits. don flows north-east. on shores stand 2 principal cities of sea of azov, taganrog (population 257,600) , azov (population 83,200). south-east of bay yeysk liman. lies entirely on continent, entering taganrog bay through yeysk , glafirovsk spits, , mouth of yeya river. yeysk spit part of yeysk city, has population of 87,500. extends prominent yeysk peninsula, tipped in north-west dolgaya spit. south of it, enclosed continent, lies beisug liman, restricted yasensk spit , fed beysug river. south-west of liman, 31 km long achuevsk spit runs along coastline. between achuevsk spit , beisug liman stands primorsko-akhtarsk 32,165 inhabitants.

a spit in sea of azov.

in south, sea of azov connected black sea via strait of kerch, bordered west kerch peninsula of crimea , east russian taman peninsula in krasnodar krai. city of kerch (population 151,300) located on kerch peninsula, , taman peninsula contains delta of kuban, major russian river. strait 41 kilometres long , 4 15 kilometres wide. narrowest part lies on sea of azov side, restricted chushka spit faces southwards in consequence of outflow azov black sea.

the strait of kerch spanned new kerch strait bridge, due open in 2018.