Cogâlnic

River in Moldova, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Cogâlnic (also Cogîlnic, Kogylnik, Kogîlnic, Kohylnyk, or Kunduk) is a 243 km river in Moldova and south-western Ukraine.[1]

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Cogâlnic
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The river in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast
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Location
CountryMoldova, Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNisporeni District
Mouth 
  location
Sasyk Lagoon
  coordinates
45.8019°N 29.6700°E / 45.8019; 29.6700
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length243 km (151 mi)
Basin size3,910 km2 (1,510 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average0.30 m3/s (11 cu ft/s) (avg), 6.47 m3/s (228 cu ft/s) (max), .0006 m3/s (0.021 cu ft/s) (min)
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The Cogâlnic rises in the hills of Nisporeni District in the Codri region west of the Moldovan capital, Chișinău. It flows through the cities of Hîncești, Cimișlia and Basarabeasca, and then into the Budjak, past Artsyz and into the Prichernomorskoy lowlands of Odesa Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Together with the Sarata River it enters the Sasyk Liman and thence into the Black Sea.

History

Johann Erich Thunmann in his eighteenth century work described it:

In warm months, there is a great shortage of water. Even the largest river in this area, the Kogylnik, then dries, and it is often due to lack of water that the livestock of the Tatars die from thirst. In the autumn, when the rainy season starts, there appear suddenly appear countless streams across the low country. All of the marshes are then covered with puddles. To overcome the water shortages suffered in the summer, one finds very deep wells have been dug everywhere. Among the Tatars, as in the east, digging wells has become an act of religion and honor.[2]

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