Arabat Spit | sandbar, Ukraine | Britannica (original) (raw)

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• Syvash system
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    In Syvash
    …it is separated by the Arabat Spit, a sandbar measuring from 900 feet to 5 miles (270 m to 8 km) in width. Syvash covers an area of approximately 990 square miles (2,560 square km) and is covered with mineral salts during the summer months. The salts are used in…
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• Ukraine
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    In Ukraine: Relief
    …water; one of these, the Arabat Spit, is about 70 miles (113 km) long but averages less than 5 miles (8 km) in width.
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