The width of the lolina from the source to the village. Average parevka 100-150 fathoms. Sometimes it narrows to 30 fathoms, and sometimes it expands to 500 fathoms. The ground is predominantly marshy. In the summer the swamp dries up and cattle graze on it. Sometimes the valley is overgrown with reeds or willows. Ot s. Parevka to the village. Rakhna, the width of the valley ranges from |4 to 1'/" versts. Soil from the village. Parevki to the village. Soroka and from the mouth of the river. Soroki to Rachna is marshy, the rest is long and sandy loam or black soil. From the village Parevki to the village. Magpie Valley is covered partly with bushes, partly with forest and is impassable; from the village Soroki mouth of the river. Soroki is a wet meadow, passable for troops and convoys. From the mouth of the river Soroki lo s. Rakhny is a wet meadow, passable for pfhota and only in loose formation; In dry conditions, the cavalry will also pass through, and the carts will also pass by. From Rachna to Kun the width of the valley is 1 verst; DalBe narrows to 1/2 verst. The soil up to Cape Kuna is swampy, covered with hundreds of reeds, difficult to pass for troops, and up to the mouth there is black soil; the valley is dry, representing a sBnokos. The size of the river in the upper reaches is insignificant. From Parevka to the mouth, the width of the river ranges from 2 to 80 fathoms, the depth from 1 to 3 arshins. Current speed is 1-2 feet. per second. Along the river there are many dams that are impassable for fording. Their designs are very diverse. The bottom of the river is very choppy, in places it is hard and sandy, and in others it is muddy and marshy. Shores too gee B
very often they change from steep and solid to low, gentle and overgrown with reeds. There are 31 crossings in total on the RKB. Most of them are in good working order and will withstand artillery. The construction of new crossings does not present any difficulties. In general, although the river, due to its size and swampy valleys, is a serious obstacle, this means that this is significantly weakened by the sufficiency of existing crossings and the ease of constructing new ones. The river freezes in December and opens in March. Rise of water up to 1 soot. above ordinary, the duration of the spill is 1-2 weeks. Melke tributaries of the river Sob flow in narrow and often swampy valleys; Their sizes are generally insignificant. Their importance as obstacles to the movement of troops increases in wet weather.
R'ka Soroka. (The flowing tributary of the Sob River).
Starts at s. Savostyanovka from three small streams. Flows to the village. Slobodische to the north-west, from Be to the river. Sob near the village of Kamenogorka to the west. Length 293/4 versts. The steepness of the valley's banks is insignificant. Commander's shores are permanent. From Kamegorka the river flows into the river valley. Sob; The right bank is in command here.
The soil is black soil mixed with sand.
The width of the valley at the beginning is 150-130 steps, and further '/»—2/4—1 ver.. The soil of the valley to the village. Lbuhi black soil with sand on clay-sandy subsoil. From the village Naraevka to Terlipa cape, swampy valley. From Lukha to the mouth the soil is sand and sandy loam. Valley to the village Kamenogorki is occupied mainly by dams. From Kamenogorka it merges with the river valley. Sob and imagine a passable, wet meadow.
The width of the river ranges from 8 arshins to 5 fathoms. Depth—from ‘|? arsh. up to 1'/" arsh.. There are many dams on the river, all of them are deep and impassable for fording. Current speed '/ -1
and more foot. per second. The banks are mostly flat and where the valley is dry, the banks are dry. The bottom of the river and the river is sandy, and the bottom is muddy and marshy. There are 13 permanent crossings. I think they are quite good. The construction of new crossings between dams on dry ground will not present any difficulties. In general, the Russian Federation is more important to the village. Naroevka, despite the abundance of dams, is insignificant, since there are many crossings, there are fewer crossings to the mouth and the dams are more serious and the river can have tactical significance.
The river freezes. at the end of November, opens in March. When there is a flood, the entire valley is flooded, forming, as it were, a vast dam.
R. Keblich (Kiblich). (Lyuvyi tributary of the Sob River).