The right bank, along almost its entire length, breaks off directly into the river.
The exception is small areas near the village. Vitachevo, Baliki village and village. Vel. Bukrin.
The right bank is steep, often steep, dissected by completely impassable ravines; the left one to metro station Rzhishchev is flat, pop, and below it is steep.
Both banks are open. The soil is clayey, sometimes sandy.
The bottom of the valley can be divided into three parts: 1) near the bersga of the valley it is marshy from the village. Keylovo to the village. Rudyakov, throughout the rest of the area there is loose sand, 2) the middle strip lying between the strip mentioned above and the strip adjacent to the bank of the river is deep sand and 3) near the river bank there is a swamp.
The middle strip of the Shkendili swamp is divided into two parts: the eastern part is narrow and the ignition part is wide. The eastern group is completely covered with forest, which passes through we move only in the meridian direction. The western strip is covered with vines and consists of shifting sands almost throughout its entire length. Movement across the valley is only possible along roads that are very poorly maintained and therefore have poor crossings.
The width of the river ranges from 160 to 600 fathoms, the gluebina from 0.90 to 3.70 fathoms. Current speed is 1'/"—2 feet. per second.
The bottom is sandy and gristly, near the village of Traktomirov it is kamenistos.
The soil on the right bank is clayey, the left bank is sandy.
The right bank of the river is almost its entire length: it coincides with the bank of the valley and is steep for almost its entire length, often steep; lion break it. The height of the right bank is 30-40 fathoms, the front is about 1 fathom. On the indicated length of the river there are 8 small islands; the largest of them is against the village. Rudyakov, about 1 verst long and 2 wide. The islands are covered with grass, and in places with shrubs. Crossing the river is possible only along existing crossings, and these are only ferry crossings:
1) There are 5 ferries on the country road TGripolye-Voronkovo. Each ferry has a lifting capacity of about 200 pounds. 2 ferries on the branch, 3 on the main channel.
2) At the village. There are 5 ferries with the same lifting force: 3 on the main channel, 2 on the branch.
3) Vitachevo has 3 ferries; lifting force up to 200 pounds. everyone.
4) Stayka has 7 ferries: 6 through the main channel, 1 through the branch.
5) Rzhishchev has 8 ferries: 7 across the main channel, 1 through the branch. Lifting force up to 200 pounds. everyone.
6) There are two ferries at the Preobrazhensky Monastery (200 pudl).
7) There is one ferry at Khodorkov metro station (200 poods).
$) There is one ferry at Traktomirov metro station (500 rubles).
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Most convenient for crossing the river from the right bank to the left bank are located in the section from Cape Tripolye to Rzhishchev (especially near the village of Rulyakov) and from Traktomirov to Zarubintsy (especially against Andrusha), in addition, in dry weather near Cape Khodorov.
3) From the mouth of the Ryuchishe branch (opposite the village of Zarubintsy) to the mouth of the river. Ros near the village of Pekari (25 versts). The banks of the valley rise above its bottom: the right from 30 to 50 fathoms; near the village Grigorovka it rises 14.9 fathoms above the river level. Dnfpra (on the section of the village of Selishche - the village of Kanev there is only from 2 to 5), and the left one is from 10 to 15 fathoms.
The width of the valley ranges from 2'/" to 9 versts.
The heights of the right bank in this area almost everywhere drop steeply into the river and only in places leave narrow sandy spits, namely near the villages. Zarubintsy - Lukavipa and Slishe - Kanev.
Right bank, with the exception of the section of the northern part. Slishche-Kanev, are cliffs, descending steeply into the river; These rocks are riddled with so-called “sinkholes”. The left bank consists of sandy mounds. The right bank is open only here and there are small groves, the largest of which is near the town of Kanev. The left bank from the village of Tsybli to the cape of Lyplyavo is covered with thick forest, and throughout the rest of its length it is open. The soil on both banks is clayey with some sand, and sometimes there is loose sand.