Streams Kipllyarka and Samets. The source of the first is one verst west of the village. Talalai, mouth in 3 ver. below p. Burial; the source of the second is in the ravines, near the village. Opevki, the mouth near the postal station Bosoy Brod. The length of the first is 14"/2 ver.—the second is 21 versts. Their riverbeds are insignificant. In dry times they dry up. Their bottom is beams with gentle slopes; the bottom is dry, clayey-chernozem. Both banks are almost the same height. It is easy to arrange a crossing in dry times. After rains, the banks of the stream become very swampy and represent a large dam for the devices for crossing the Melyu streams, which flow into the Ros River to the village of Borshagovka, have the same properties.
Orkhovets stream. The source is 9 versts west of the village of Revukhi, flows into the river. Ros near the village Borshchagovka. ImBet is generally directed to the left to the southeast. Length 82 versts.
The banks of the valley are generally low, although in places there are areas with significant heights and steep, steep and steep banks. From metro station Novo-Khvastov to the village. Babin's left bank is lush and marshy, the rest of the banks are open.
Valley width: up to the village. Axes narrows the ravine, below it expands and sometimes its width reaches 200 fathoms.. Lo s. Axes, the bottom of the valley is wet and viscous, but accessible to horse and horsemen; DalBe to s. Skibintsy-Polevye, the bottom is a solid swamp, accessible only to people on foot; Below, to the mouth, the valley is dry. Soil—sand.
Width of r$fka to s. Axes 6-8 arsh., below it reaches 20 fathoms.. Depth to Novo-Khvastov 3/4-3 arsh., below 1-3 arsh.. Current speed 1-5 feet. per second.
Coast to Skibintsy-Pol. low, swampy, below rise above the water by an arshin and are dry. Lno almost everywhere
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Permanent crossings—9; Almost all of them are well maintained. Brodov goes everywhere. Construction of new crossings to the village. Axes are convenient everywhere; below it is hampered by a swampy valley.
To s. Skibintsy-Polevye is a viscous and swampy valley, r5ki dBlayet, and is difficult to pass beyond the crossings. The difficulties for forcing the river are not presented below.
The rFka freezes in late November or early December. Opens at the end of February or beginning of March. During spring floods, according to residents, the stream floods up to 1 mile wide.
The Krasnostav stream is made up of two streams flowing from the village of Yulyanovka and the village. Rybchintsy. Its general flow is directed to the southeast. Length 161/verst.
The banks of the valley are open, elevated and steep, only gently sloping in small areas. The width of the valley is insignificant. The bottom is dry and open. The soil is clay with black soil.
Width of the stream to the village. Calenno 1-3 arsh., below 6-20 arsh..
The depth to Molchanovka is insignificant, below to the mouth it is up to 2 arshins. The speed is flowing! I am 1 foot. per second. The coast is low and dry. The bottom is sandy and hard. Dam—7. Some of them are passable. New crossings can be arranged all over the world. In general, the stream does not present any obstacles to the passage of troops. There are 1 crossings.
The stream freezes at the end of November and opens at the end of February.
Spills are minor and depend mainly on the amount of snow that fell in winter.
R. Berezanka.
Begin 4 versts northwest of the village. Berezovka and flows into the river. Ros near the village Berezny, the general name is directed to the east. You will stretch 41'/" versts.
The banks of the valley are elevated, in places they are steep and dissected by deep ravines. Left coast almost everywhere withoutlЪsny, right to s. Berezny is almost completely covered with wood. The soil of the banks is clay.
The width of the valley ranges from 80 to 250 fathoms; but sometimes it shrinks to 8 soots. (below the village of Samgorodok). To s. Samgorodok valley is wet, passable only for hiking. Below it is dry and passable. The soil is clayey.
To s. Antonov rfka width is 1-3 steps. Below width: from 2 to 10 fathoms. Depth not less than fathoms. Current speed is 1 ft. per second. The banks up to Samgorodok are swampy, and below that they become narrower. Flom is muddy, sometimes very viscous.
There are 10 ponds along the river; the properties of the banks and their bottom are like those of the river itself. The ponds are impassable for fording.
Constant crossings—1!3. Most of them. serviceable. The construction of new crossings is convenient everywhere from. origins to the village Berezanka and from the village. Samgorodok to the mouth;. the rest is lengthy! and mocking.