The valley bottom is sandy. On the front bank there are areas of black soil and small swamps.
Movement both along and across the valley is possible, but it is greatly hampered by sands, and on the front bank there are swamps here and there.
The width of the river ranges from 200 to 600 fathoms.
Depth from 1.35 to 3.20 fathoms. Current speed is 11/2 - 2 feet. per second.
The bottom is sandy and gristly.
Banks: right - clayey, left - meadow.
The height of the right bank almost completely coincides with the bank of the valley. LFvogo up to 1 fathom.
The left bank is accessible everywhere.
In the indicated area, the islands stretch in a continuous line. The width of the largest island is about 3!/" versts, length is about 6 versts.
Ferry crossings are available:
At high Hulyaki, at the Bohun pier; ferries are smaller with limited lifting power (2-3 loaded carts).
The most convenient points for crossing the river from the right bank to the left are: near the city of Cherkassy and near Cape Lomovatoe (Topilovka).
6) Ot s. Topilovka to the mouth of the river. Tyasmina (7t verst). The shore of the valley rises 40-60 fathoms above the bottom of the valley, with the exception of the area on the left bank from the Zhovnik metro station for 8 versts, which is a lowland.
The width of the valley ranges from 3 to 22 versts.
The right bank is an open plateau, up to 5 versts wide, at the foot of which there is an almost continuous chain of villages, and to the west of them is a difficult-to-pass river valley. Tyasmin. The steepness of the slopes is not great. The left bank up to m./Kovnik is accessible due to its steepness in just one step, and even then only in open formations, lower down to the village. The mozolevka is flat and cultivated, then it is steep again and is only accessible in open formations. Especially cool.
yard slopes near metro Gradizhska. The soil on the right bank is clayey, partly sandy; The left one is clay and loam. The bottom of the valley on the right bank is loose sand and partly swampy, on the left bank it is sandy-swampy, and further down it is black earth.
The valley for the movement of troops on the right bank is very difficult; according to the left, from the middle of July 1st can be performed without hindrance.
The width of the river ranges from 1200 to 3200 fathoms, the depth from 0.92 to 4.26 fathoms. The flow speed is 2-8!” foot. per second.
The bottom is sandy; Both banks are sandy, with hundreds of sandy loams representing water meadows. Both are available throughout. Height from 1 to 2 fathoms.
As in the previous section, here a continuous line of islands stretches along the Russian Federation; the width of the largest island is 2'[4 versts, length 10%/4 versts. Some of the islands are covered with continuous forest, while others are covered with meadows and bushes.
Ferry crossings are available near the village. Shabelniki, Voronovka village and village. Maksimovka. Their lifting power is not great (2-4 loaded carts).
The points are convenient for crossing the Russian Federation from the right bank to the left bank, but it is most convenient near the village. Buzhin.
Dnfpr freezes at the end of November or beginning of December. Opens between March 1-15.
The rise of water in the spring and the overflow can be quite significant. The river valley is completely covered with water, sometimes causing significant devastation. Autumn floods after autumn rains are less significant. Navigation along the Dnieper lasts on average about 240-250 days.
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The Teterev River flows through the area from its source, located southwest of the village. Nosovki, to metro station Korostyshev for a length of 149'/" versts.
The direction of flow is from the source. 'Groshcha on the northeast, to metro station Chudnov to the north, to the village. High Pech again to the north-east and to the Korostyshev metro station to the east. The course of the r5ki is very tortuous. _ 1) The section from the source to the village. Troshcha (21a versts). The banks of the valley are thinner, but more rugged, especially on the right. The left bank is open along its entire length, the right bank is in the area from the village. Burkovtsi to the village. Trosha is overgrown with forests and bushes, and here and there are swamps. The soil is clayey with some black soil.
The width of the valley is from 50 fathoms to a mile.