Gulf of Odessa, or Odessa Bay, is a part of the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...

 between cape E

Cape E

Cape E, or North Odessa Cape , is a northern point of the Gulf of Odessa. The cape is located on the coast between the villages Lisky and Fontanka of the Odessa Oblast....

 in North and Cape Velyky Fontan

Cape Velyky Fontan

Cape Velyky Fontan is a southern point of the Gulf of Odessa. It is located in the southern part of the city of Odessa....

 in South. The coasts of the gulf have capes

Cape (geography)

In geography, a cape or headland is a point or body of land extending into a body of water, usually the sea.A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline. Their proximity to the coastline makes them prone to natural forms of erosion, mainly tidal actions. This results in capes...

 Langeron

Cape Langeron

Cape Langeron is a cape in the central part of the Gulf of Odessa. It is located in the centrum of the City of Odessa. The cape is named after Count Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, the summer residence was located on this cape....

 and Malyi Fontan

Cape Malyi Fontan

Cape Malyi Fontan is a cape in the central part of the Gulf of Odessa. It is located in the centre of the City of Odessa, in the site of Arkadia. The Hydrobiological Station of the Odessa University is located on the cape....

. In the north-western part of the gulf the estuaries Kuyalnik

Kuyalnik Estuary

Kuyalnik Estuary is an estuary of the Velyky Kuyalnik River located in the north-western coast of the Black Sea, near the City of Odessa. The area of the estuary is 56-60 km², length 28 km, width 3 km. Average depth about 3 m. The estuary is separated from the Black Sea by broad sandbar has 3...

 and Khadzhibey

Khadzhibey Estuary

Khadzhibey Estuary, or Khadzhibeyskyi Liman , is an estuary of the north-western part of the Black Sea, located on the north-west from the City of Odessa. It is separated from the sea by the sandbar, which has about 5 km length. The linght of the estuary is 31 km, width...

 are separated by the Kuyalnik-Khadzhibey sandbar.

The Gulf of Odessa is under the influence of the flows of the rivers Dnieper, Dniester

Dniester

The Dniester is a river in Eastern Europe. It runs through Ukraine and Moldova and separates most of Moldova's territory from the breakaway de facto state of Transnistria.-Names:...

, and Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

. The salinity

Salinity

Salinity is the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water. It is a general term used to describe the levels of different salts such as sodium chloride, magnesium and calcium sulfates, and bicarbonates...

 of the surface waters is 10–17‰, in the case of upwelling wilgs up to 18‰, in some years about 5–7‰.

The City

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 of Odessa

Odessa

Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

 and the Port of Odessa

Port of Odessa

The Port of Odessa is the largest Ukrainian seaport and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of 40 million tonnes...

are located on the coasts of the gulf.