The valley is a dry meadow, but after rain it gets very wet and is passable only for pedestrians. The soil is sandy loam or alluvial silt.
The width of the river ranges from 2 to 30 steps. The depth will reach 3 arshins. The river flows with two branches.
Up to Norinsk the banks are steep and dry, lower down they are swampy. The bottom is predominantly viscous. The dams are almost in place. tee in every locality. There are 23 permanent crossings. Most are mill dams of weak construction.
Construction of new crossings is not difficult. The river freezes in November, sometimes at the beginning of December. Opens in mid-March. The spring flood floods the entire valley. The hollow water lasts for 15 days. Heavy rains also produce spills, but the menfe are significant.
On the section from the source to the Norinsk metro station in the dry summer of the river. Noreen has no military significance. It is an obstacle to the movement of troops only during floods or after rain, especially in view of the unreliability of permanent crossings.
To the section from Cape Norinsk to the mouth of the river. Noreen is almost impassable without crossings for artillery and cavalry. After prolonged rains and during the spring flood of the river. Norin is a serious obstacle, since the crossings are either demolished or flooded, and forcing the river out of them is almost impossible.
R. Grezlya. The left tributary of the Uzha.
The source is near the village of Gladkovichi, flowing to the southeast. Length 24 ver.. Flows into the river. Already near the village of Rudnya Grezlya.
The Grezlya flows through the forest into the valleys, which are a continuous swamp, accessible only to ranks in loose formation and to single riders. In dry summers, lolina is more available. The width of the rfka is 4-10 steps, the depth is 2 arshins. Current speed '/'—1 ft. per second. Ferry constants—4. Brodov—8. R. Grezlya is a serious obstacle, since it is inaccessible during the spring flood, and after heavy rains it is difficult to pass even for pedestrians. The spill occurs in mid-March; lasts nelly 2.
R. Ilya. Left tributary of the river Already.
The source is near the village of Gavrilevka (in Minsk province). The general direction of the flow is to the southeast.
It flows through the area for a length of 37 versts. The Ilya flows through swampy, forest-overgrown valleys. The width of the river to the village of Rudnya Ilyinskaya is insignificant, the depth is!/ -3/4 fathoms. The speed is current! I 1/»—1 foot. per second.
Below, the width reaches 40 steps, the depth up to 1-2 fathoms.
There are 8 permanent crossings. Of these, seven are unsuitable for crossing artillery and cavalry. Brodov-3 (in the middle third of the river). When the water is high they close completely.
The river Ilya in the upper reaches is fordable; below it only a small number of infantry and cavalry units can force the river, and only in the middle third of the river.
All the rest are left, as well as right tributaries of the river. Snakes are of insignificant size and can present some difficulties when forced! and during spring floods and during heavy rains.
R. Grouse. Right tributary of the Dn$pra.
The district is located near metro station Korostyshev. Flows to the confluence of the river. Move to the northeast, and further to the mouth to the east. The flow of the river is tortuous. Length about 1613]1 versts.
d) The section from Cape Korostysheva to the mouth of Zdvizh - (length 1312?/ ver.). Command the banks of the valley to the mouth of the river. Kodra belongs to the left bank. From the mouth of the river Kodra to the mouth of the river. Irsha to the right, below to s. Unin lvomu, dal'fe do s. Kolentsy to the right, and below to the mouth of the river. Let's move the left one.
From metro Korostysheva to the village. The city's left slope is steep, steep in places, and slopes to the right. From the village Gorodsk to the town of Radomysl, both banks are flat. From Radomysl to Chudin it’s steep. The first bank, below Chudin both banks are flat.
At the mouth of the river Pyaskovka rises on the right bank. At the mouth of the river Irsha it lowers again and further to the mouth of the river. Here, both banks are not high and flat, and only in places there are smaller, elevated and steep sections. The soil of the banks is predominantly sandy, but in places there are clayey areas. The right bank of the valley is covered with wood along its entire length. On the left side there are small groups.
The width of the valley ranges from 1/2 to 6 versts. Priming
VALLEYS vegetable humus, sometimes sand or super-