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Liman (landform)

A liman is a wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers where flow is constrained by a sediment bar created by sea or river current. The hydrological term comes from the Russian language and is used in various national and regional languages for estuary lagoons all around the Black Sea and Sea of Azov coasts.

Etymology
"Liman" comes from the for "bay" or "port". The word next appeared as , then as (). The English term "limnology", meaning the study of inland aquatic ecosystems, is related to "liman" through the shared Greek root for "lake" or "sea", —rendered in English as "limno–" or "limn–". ==Distribution==
Distribution
Limans are most prevalent on the western and northern Black Sea coasts; these are areas with low tidal ranges. Examples include: Lake Varna in Bulgaria; Lake Razelm in Romania; the Dniester Liman in Ukraine; and Lake Büyükçekmece and Lake Küçükçekmece in Turkey. Russians also use the term "liman" for lagoons not on the Black Sea, for example the Anadyrskiy Liman and Amur Liman in Siberia. ==See also==
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