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  W.L. Clowes on the 1854-56 Russian ('Crimean') War (3/4)
There was afterwards a period of bad weather, during which the squadron had to seek refuge under the spit of Berutch, to the north-east; but coaling, provisioning, and completing stores were proceeded with; and, as opportunity offered, fisheries, guard-houses, barracks, and stores on that spit, and on the spit of Arabat, were destroyed.
The only remaining floating bridge between Arabat Spit and the Crimea was, during that period, burnt by the Curlew.
The fortress of Kinburn occupies the western extremity of a spit which forms the southern boundary of a considerable basin known as the Liman of the Dnieper.
www.pdavis.nl /Russia3.htm   (5646 words)

  
  Spit (landform) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at a cove, bay, ria, or river mouth.
Spits are formed by the movement of sediment (typically sand) along a shore by a process known as longshore drift.
Ocean City, Maryland is built on a spit though it is commonly misinterpereted as a barrier island.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spit_(landform)   (277 words)

  
 Azov Sea Encyclopedia Articles @ 216.92.11.26 ()   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The main rivers flowing into the sea are the Don and Kuban; they ensure that the waters of the sea are comparatively low in salinity and almost fresh in places, and also bring huge volumes of silt into the sea.
To the west also lie the 110 km Arabat Spit and the highly saline marshy inlets of the Sivash.
The Sea of Azov is the shallowest sea in the world with an average depth of only 13 metres, and the deepest of only 15.3 metres; in fact, where the silt has built up, such as the Gulf of Taganrog, the average depth is less than 1 metre.
216.92.11.26 /encyclopedia/Azov_sea   (553 words)

  
 Bravery Awards 6 | Death at Ryde of a Crimean Hero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
While cruising on the eastern side of the spit of Arabat, Captain Commerell learnt from some fishermen that large quantities of corn and forage about 400 tons, intended for the use of the garrison at Sebastopol - were stored on the Crimean shore of the Livash.
On arriving there they leapt ashore, dragged the boat across the Spit which was about 200 to 300 yards wide at this point and launched it on the waters of the Putrid Sea.
After rowing across the Putrid Sea they recrossed the Arabat Spit, where they encountered more of the enemy who fired upon them, but they managed to regain their vessel, having successfully completed a deed of the highest daring.
www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org /bravery/bravery6.html   (1251 words)

  
 Sea of Azov
It is bound to the north by the Ukraine, to the east by Russia and to the west by the Crimean peninsula.
To the west also lie the 110 km Arabat Spit[?] and the highly saline marshy inlets of the Syvash[?].
The sea is 340 km long and 135 km wide and has an area of roughly 36,500 km².
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/az/Azov.html   (280 words)

  
 Arabat Spit Information
The Arabat Spit (Ukrainian: Арабатська стрілка, Russian: Арабатская стрелка, Crimean Tatar: Arabat beli) is a spit (narrow strip of land) in Azov Sea, which separates a large, shallow and very salty system of gulfs named Syvash.
The spit is located between the town of Genichesk, Ukraine and the north-eastern shores of Crimea.
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www.bookrags.com /wiki/Arabat_Spit   (73 words)

  
 Azov, Sea of
The lowest shore is the southeastern one, of which almost 100 km consists of the Kuban Delta.
limans are separated from the sea by spits and have become
Azov, and all of them are close to the coast, low, and small, eg
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/A/Z/AzovSeaof.htm   (1102 words)

  
 All about Republic of Crimea - Boarders and Geographical Location. Climate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The administrative border in the north stretches along the Perekop Swell and the Sivash, a shallow bay of the Sea of Azov.
In the north east of the peninsula there is a long sand spit, called the Arabat Spit, whose northern half, the broader part, is within the Kherson Region of Ukraine.
In t he south west of Crimea is the city of Sevastopol, it has, along with Kiev, been self-administered and directly sub­ordinate to the Government of Ukraine.
allcrimea.com /en/page1.html   (738 words)

  
 Articles
I've looked East into the dawn from a dune at the end of a trail through the wind swept hummocks that lead to Eugene O'Neil's beach shack outside Provincetown, and, crossing the Golden Gate, looked West from the Headlands' cliffs as seals barked into the big, cold, cobalt surf crash Pacific sunset.
I've heard the crunch and spit of gravel on Ohio back roads, the honk and blare of Chicago intersections, and the clattering tunnels of cornrows in Iowa.
I've sucked oysters in New Orleans, chewed rare steak in Omaha, munched sushi in L.A., and sampled biscuits and gravy in restaurants off I-40 from North Carolina to Arizona...
www.raymcniece.com /raysplace/articles.htm   (2609 words)

  
 Black Sea: Map, Resorts, Beaches & Sightseeing
Here water and wind have formed grottos, overhangs, and strange shapes out of a fossilized mineral reef.
Further west is the unique Arabat Spit ('Arabatskaya strelka') — a thin 110 kilometer long sand spit that divides the Azov Sea and the shallow Sivash Sea to the west.
Here a lonely gravel road down the middle and an occasional campsite is all you see till the city of Genichesk at the top of the Crimean Peninsula.
www.tryukraine.com /crimea/black_sea.shtml   (1270 words)

  
 Allium guttatum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Habitats type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors: Littoral strip, coastal sands and cockle-shells, steppe hillsides.
Critical habitats: Arabat spit sands, steppe hillsides near Simferopol.
Limiting factors: small natural population size and limited distribution.
www.grid.unep.ch /bsein/redbook/txt/allium.htm?+PLANTAE   (247 words)

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