R. Vys (Vys or Vych).
The source is near the city of Novomirgorod (the rivers of Turya and Bol. Vyska). From the city of Novomirgorod to the village. Krasnogorka flows to the southwest, from the village. Krasnogorodka lo s. Petro-Ostrov to the north-west, further to the village. Padlak to the southwest, from the village. Padlak to the village. Yampol Starostinskaya to the north-west, and finally to the village. Skalevnoe, where it merges with the river. Tikich to the west. Length 82 versts.
The banks of the valley are mostly flat, with the exception of the section from Sukholtovka to Petro-Ostrov, where the banks are steep and steep. The soil is black soil with an admixture of clay or sand. From the village of Ivanovka to the mouth it is clayey with rock outcrops..
The width of the valley to the village of Ivanovka and the marshy areas is negligible, in the last 1-1" versts. From Ivanovka to the mouth - 700 fathoms. The soil to Ivanovka is variable: sometimes black soil with some admixture, sometimes swampy, sometimes sandy with some clay. Below to the mouth there is black soil. The valley is very swampy from the mouth of the Turya to Korobchino and from Sukholtovka to Petro-Ostrov, in the remaining areas it is dry, occupied by meadows or vegetable gardens.
AE m
The width of the river is average 20-30 fathoms; ranges from 3 to 100 fathoms. Depth from 1/arsh. up to 2 fathoms, there are areas and. deeper, especially on dams. Current speed is 1--1'/" ft. per second. The bottom is sandy, hard, alternating with silty, viscous. The banks are flat and swampy in places. There are 11 permanent crossings. Construction of new crossings is possible in many places. In general, the river is in the area of the river mouth. Turmya to Korobchino is passable only by single people on foot, then to the Sukholtovka river. The height of the obstacle is not serious, below the Petro-Ostrov crossings it is difficult to cross the river, further up to the mouth of the river the obstacle is not serious—it can be crossed in all the passing villages where there are no ford dams. Outside the villages, the bottom of the river in many places is so marshy that it is difficult for artillery and cavalry to use fords, trails and roads. The river freezes in November; opens in March, mainly in the 2nd half. Flood—2 weeks later, the entire valley is flooded.
[fragment illegible in the scan of the first edition]
The source is in the village. Lebedin; to s. 7The crane flows to the southeast, from Be until it crushes with Bol. Vyska near Novomirgorod to the south. Length 23 versts. Form an almost continuous zara.
The banks of the valley up to Tur! are steep, further down they are gentle, but in general the steepness is not great. The soil is chernozem with an admixture of sand on the front bank, and loam on the right, and outcrops of stone near Zlatopolye.
The width of the valley ranges from '/ to */+ versts.
The soil up to the Zlatopol crossing is black soil with sand, in places with clay, and up to the mouth it is swamp. The entire valley is occupied by swamps, or dams; in s.s. Turmya and Nikolaevka are occupied by buildings and vegetable gardens.
The sizes of the dams are different: the length ranges from 4 to 4 versts, the depth is 1-2 fathoms. The banks of the dams are accessible, but not completely solid. The bottom is muddy and marshy.
The inner dam is 3 steps wide, 2 arshins deep. The bottom is swampy. The banks are steep.
Permanent crossings - 9. The crossings are not entirely safe; most people allow crossing them only by light. Construction of new crossings everywhere is difficult. Crossing the river beyond the existing crossings is difficult, and below the Zlatopol crossing it is almost impossible. The Russian Federation freezes in November and opens at mid-March.
Many small tributaries flow into the river, which are of insignificant size, have dry, but narrow and steep valley banks, making the entire terrain through which they flow extremely rugged and inconvenient for the movement and movement of large masses of troops. Needed too say about the small tributaries flowing into | from the right. Heights.
Rka Tikich.
The source is near the village. Peschana; formed from the slushy streams Gniloy Tikich and Gorny Tikich, flows to the south and near the village. Rocky merges with the river. Vys (form the Sivyukha river). R length Tikich-3!/» ver.. The right bank of the valley is steep and steep, the left bank is shallow. The soil is sandy chernozem. The right bank is in command.
The width of the valley is up to '/1 verst. The soil is the same as off the coast. The valley is open, meadow.