Editing Odesa (section)

=== Location ===
[[File:Воронцовський маяк.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Vorontsov Lighthouse]] in the Gulf of Odesa. The city is located on the Black Sea.]]
Odesa is located ({{Coord|46|28|N|30|44|E|type:city(1,012,500)_region:UA}}) in the [[Black Sea Lowland]] in [[Southern Ukraine]] which being part of the greater [[Eastern European Plain]] gradually slopes towards the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Sea of Azov]]. The city lies on the northwestern coast of the [[Black Sea]] along the southwestern shore of the [[Gulf of Odesa]], approximately {{convert|31|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the estuary of the [[Dniester]] river and some {{convert|443|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the Ukrainian capital [[Kyiv]]. The international border between Ukraine and the [[Republic of Moldova]] lies some {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the city.

The city is situated on terraced hills overlooking a small harbor. The average elevation at which the city is located is around {{convert|50|m|ft|abbr=off}}. The maximum is {{convert|65|m|ft|abbr=off}} and minimum (on the coast) amounts to {{convert|4.2|m|1|abbr=off}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]]. There are three large [[estuary|estuaries]] near the city: [[Kuialnyk Estuary|Kuialnyk]], [[Khadzhibey Estuary|Khadzhibey]] and [[Sukhyi Estuary|Sukhyi]].

The city currently covers a territory of {{convert|162.42|km²|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="zakon.rada.gov.ua">{{cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3064-iii?lang=en|language=uk|website=zakon.rada.gov.ua|title=About change area of Odesa city|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723123133/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3064-iii?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The population density for which is around 6,139 persons/km<sup>2</sup>. Sources of running water in the city include the Dniester River, from which water is taken and then purified at a processing plant just outside the city. Being located in the south of Ukraine, the topography of the area surrounding the city is typically flat and there are no large mountains or hills for many kilometres around. Flora is of the deciduous variety and Odesa is known for its tree-lined avenues which, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, made the city a favourite year-round retreat for the Russian aristocracy.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

The city's location on the coast of the [[Black Sea]] has also helped to create a booming tourist industry in Odesa.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} The city's Arkadia beach has long been a favourite place for relaxation, both for the city's inhabitants and its visitors.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} This is a large sandy beach which is located to the south of the city centre. Odesa's many sandy beaches are considered to be quite unique in Ukraine,{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} as the country's southern coast (particularly in the Crimea) tends to be a location in which the formation of stoney and pebble beaches has proliferated.

The coastal cliffs adjacent to the city are home to frequent [[landslide]]s, resulting in a typical change of landscape along the Black Sea. Due to the fluctuating slopes of land, city planners are responsible for monitoring the stability of such areas, and for preserving potentially threatened building and other structures of the city [[above sea level]] near water.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cherkez|first1=E. A.|last2=Dragomyretska|first2=O. V.|last3=Gorokhovich|first3=Y.|date=11 November 2006|title=Landslide protection of the historical heritage in Odessa (Ukraine) |journal=Landslides|volume=3|issue=4|pages=303–309|doi=10.1007/s10346-006-0058-8|bibcode=2006Lands...3..303C |s2cid=17314959}}</ref> Also a potential danger to the infrastructure and architecture of the city is the presence of multiple openings underground. These cavities can cause buildings to collapse, resulting in a loss of money and business.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} Due to the effects of climate and weather on sedimentary rocks beneath the city, the result is instability under some buildings' foundations.

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