The Chychyklia () is a river in Ukraine and a right tributary of the Southern Bug that flows through Odesa Oblast and Mykolaiv Oblast at the border between the Podolian Upland and Black Sea Lowland within the Ukrainian steppe.With frogs instead of roses there is covered once full of water Chychyklia (Жабуринням замість троянд вкрита колись повноводна Чичиклія). Narodna dumka. The river often dries away for up to six months.
It is long and its basin area is .Чичиклея, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
In the 18th century, a star fortress, Zickzaley, was located at the river mouth. Not far from Zickzaley was also located Andrew's redout (redoubt).
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