Syvash Bay
The Syvash or Sivash (Ukrainian and ; ), also known as the or (; ; ), is a large area of shallow lagoons on the western edge of the Sea of Azov. Separated from the sea by the narrow Arabat Spit, the water of the Syvash covers an area of around and the entire area spreads over about . The Henichesk Strait is its eastern connection to the Sea of Azov. The Syvash borders the northeastern coast of the main Crimean Peninsula. The central and eastern Syvash were registered as wetlands of Ukraine under the Ramsar Convention. Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the entire Syvash has been occup
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Syvash is a large system of shallow lagoons separated from the Sea of Azov by a narrow strip of land called the Arabat Spit, located along the northeastern coast of Crimea and the western edge of the Sea of Azov. Parts of the Syvash are designated as internationally protected wetlands under the Ramsar Convention, making it ecologically significant.
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- Crimea#Ukraine Kherson Oblast#Ukraine
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- Location of lagoons off the coast of Ukraine
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- 22-87‰
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The Syvash or Sivash (Ukrainian and ; ), also known as the or (; ; ), is a large area of shallow lagoons on the western edge of the Sea of Azov. Separated from the sea by the narrow Arabat Spit, the water of the Syvash covers an area of around and the entire area spreads over about . The Henichesk Strait is its eastern connection to the Sea of Azov. The Syvash borders the northeastern coast of the main Crimean Peninsula. The central and eastern Syvash were registered as wetlands of Ukraine under the Ramsar Convention. Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the entire Syvash has been occupied by Russia.
==Overview== The Syvash nearly cuts the Crimean Peninsula off from the mainland, serving as a natural border between the Kherson region and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The long () and narrow () Arabat Spit runs to its east, separating it from the Sea of Azov. The two bodies are connected in the north at the Henichesk Strait beside the port of Henichesk. To its west, the Isthmus of Perekop separates it from the Black Sea and connects Crimea to the mainland.