The width of the river is 5-20 fathoms, the depth is up to 2 arsh. The bottom is black earth-sand. The banks are low, steep in places, and washed away. There are NO permanent crossings. It is possible to arrange a crossing anywhere.
RЪka Tikich can have tactical significance. The Russian Federation freezes in November, opens in the 2nd half of March.
The flood lasts about 2 weeks. The entire valley is flooded.
Rotten Tikich.
The source is north of the village of Stepok; to Cape Stavische it flows to the northeast, from where to the confluence of the river. Tsitsilya (near the village of Zhidovskaya Greblya) to the east, further to x. Kharchenkov to the southeast, from where to Frantovka to the south, further to Maydanovka to the east, from Maylanovka to Murzintsy to the southwest, further to Brodetsky to the southeast; from where to the mouth to the southwest. Length 145'/› versts.
1) From the source to the village. Vesyoly Kut 273|4 versts. The banks of the valley are not particularly steep at all, but there are sections that are steep and precipitous. Commanded throughout, with the exception of the section from the village. Brilevka to the river Tsitsilya, where the left bank commands, belongs to the right bank.
The soil is black soil with some clay. Cover more of the right bank with ice, on the left bank only at the northern edge of the village. Sn$tki.
The average width of the valley is about 200 fathoms, ranging from 50 fathoms to 1 verst. The soil is black soil with sand, many marshy areas.
In general, the valley below M. Stavische Trulno is accessible. From the end of 7 Kidovskaya Rowing to the village. Merry Kut is busy with an impenetrable battle.
The width of the rfka from the sources to the Zhidovskaya Rowing is 2-4 steps; depth '/—1'/", m5 hundred 2 ars.. Current speed "2-1 feet per second. The bottom is mostly marshy. The banks are dry, steep. The dam is 4; all of it is impassable for fording. From 7 Zhidovskaya Grebl to Buzhanka, the width of the river in the dam is 1['/?—24 steps; depth 1'/-—3—4 arsh.. The bottom is mostly marshy, silty. The banks are low, dry. The dam is 5, the waters are impassable.
There are 10 crossings to the site. Most of the earthen mill dams are fairly well maintained.
2) Ot s. Vesyoly Kut to the mouth (1173/41 versts). The banks of Lolina from the village. Vesely Kut to Buzhanka is not high with a slight steepness. Chernozem soil. Command variable.
From Buzhanka to Murzintsy the steepness of the banks is insignificant, the command is indifferent. The soil is chernozem, there is an outcrop of stone. Along the banks there are small groups of fish.
From Murzintsy to Stebnoye the steepness of the banks is insignificant. Command almost all the way to the right. | The soil is black soil mixed with sand, the subsoil is stone; exposing it near the village. Banter.
Ot s. Stebnoe to the mouth, the steepness of the banks is insignificant. Commanded predominantly by the right bank. Soil with black soil and sand. The banks are open.
Width of the valley from the village. Vesyoly Kut to Buzhanka 50 - 250 fathoms. The soil is black soil. The valley is dry, accessible right up to the mouth of the river. Gontarevka: From Buzhanki to Murzintsy the width of the valley is!/w up to 1*/4 versts. The soil is black soil, sometimes very large stones are scattered throughout the valleys. The valley is dry, with no buildings - meadows, areas with bushes.
From Murzintsy to Stebnoye the width ranges from 10 s. (near the Brick Factory) to '/' verst. The soil is black soil, the subsoil is stone. Lolina is dry and open.
From Stebnoye to the mouth, the width of the river ranges from 10-20 fathoms. up to 13/4 versts. The soil is black soil with sand, the subsoil is clay. The valley is dry, meadow.
The width of the r$fka from Buzhanki lo Murzintsy is average 20, but in some places it reaches 90 steps. Depth '/— 11/5 arch. there are more in the pits. Current speed '/'—1 ft. per second...
'The bottom is hard and sandy; There are a lot of stones on the rfk. The shores are narrower,
steep. From Murzintsy to Stebnoe, the size of the river and the dam are small, it is waddable everywhere. The bottom is hard, the banks are the same. Dams at of every settlement, it is impassable for fording.
From Stebnoe to the mouth, the width is 8-25 fathoms, the depth is from 11/2 arit. up to 2 fathoms (in the pits). The bottom of Ekaterinople. chernozem-silty, overgrown with reeds, the rest of the length is sandy. The shores are shallow, narrower.
Crossings to the site—32. At m. Lisyanka there is a yellow
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