Kodyma is a right tributary of the Southern Buh river of Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Originating from springs in a boggy valley near the village of Budei (:uk:Будеї), Kodymsky Raion, Odessa Oblast

Odessa Oblast

Odesa Oblast, also written as Odessa Oblast , is the southernmost and largest oblast of south-western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Odessa.-History:...

, it flows within the Odessa Oblast and Mykolaiv Oblast

Mykolaiv Oblast

Mykolaiv Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolayiv.-Geography:The Mykolaiv Oblast is located in the southern half of Ukraine...

 and joins Southern Buh about 199 km away from its mouth, near Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast

Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast

Pervomaisk is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine and the center of the Pervomaiskyi Raion. It is located on the Southern Bug river which bisects the city...

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Settlements by the river include Balta

Balta, Ukraine

Balta is a small city in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Baltsky Raion , and located approximately 200 kilometers from the oblast capital, Odessa...

 town, Holma village (:uk:Гольма), Bobrik Pershy ("Bobrik the First", :uk:Бобрик Перший), and Krive Ozero urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

 (:uk:Криве Озеро, "Crooked Lake").