The width of the valley ranges from 100 fathoms to 3 versts, and at the UstB River it reaches 5 versts. The soil is boggy. The valley is predominantly a marshy meadow, covered with hundreds of bushes or sedges. In dry times there will be panting everywhere. Some horses can be led along the valley, but not closer than 50-150 fathoms from the riverbed. ki. In rainy times the valley is also difficult to access for hunting.
The width of the river ranges from 2 to 10-15 fathoms, the depth from 1 to 4 arshins, in the pits up to 3 fathoms. The river bottom is predominantly sandy; the banks are low, furnace. Local residents consider the river so swampy that they “Zdvizhem”
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they call any swamp. Stakes on rbk are frequent, but in brol they are impassable. Ferry the permanent ones - 13. Many of them are faulty. Near the station Borodyanka is a railway bridge on the Volyn Line. You can ford the river almost everywhere directly below the dams. The construction of new crossings is hampered by the swampiness of the river valley.
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The flood continues for 2 weeks, but the river finally enters its banks at the end of June 1.
When a flood occurs, the entire valley is flooded, and the water level rises by two arshins.
The movement represents a rather serious obstacle to the movement of troops due to the fact that crossing the valley to the Yurov-Borodyanka section is possible only in dry times, and from Borodyanka to the mouth and in dry times, movement through valleys without roads is very difficult; in rainy times, the valley appears completely impassable beyond the existing crossings.
R. Irpen. Right tributary of the river Dnepr.
The river enters the area at the intersection with the Kiev-U Zhitomir highway. The area flows for 44 versts, the name of the village of Borki, the general direction of the flow is to the northeast, and from here to the confluence with the Dniepr, at the level. Irpenets, to the east. Komandovane to the village of Kimerka belongs to the right bank of the valley, below is indifferent. The banks are flat along their entire length and merge, gradually sloping in the lower reaches, with the low-lying plain; only at L. Guta's right bank is high and steeply descends to the river. The soil of the banks is sandy loam. The shores are mostly icy.
The width of the valley is 1'/"—9 versts. Below p. Demidovo it merges with the river valley. Dn$pra.
The valley in general is swampy and difficult to access, especially its left bank.
Below p. The Demidovo Valley is cut in different directions by lakes, branches and swamps that border its edges.
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The width of the river ranges from 80 to 50 arshins, the depth is up to 2 fathoms. Ot s. Mostishchi The river is divided into two branches, and below the villages. Demidovo is ripe. For Demidov, the width of the left sleeve reaches 100 fathoms, the depth is up to 3 fathoms. The width of the right sleeve is up to 200 fathoms, the depth is up to 1 fathom. Current speed is 1-3 feet. per second.
The river bank is mostly sandy, the banks are flat. Crossing the river is 6. One of them is the Volynskaya Lisha railway bridge near the count. Severinovka and one highway dam near the village. Bridges, and the rest are ferry. Construction of new crossings is difficult. There are few Brodys.
In the section of the river under consideration. Irpen is a very serious obstacle to the movement of troops and, in addition, its importance is increased by the fact that it divides the valley of the right bank of the river. The Dneora makes communication along the latter extremely difficult, especially during the spring flood period, in March. The spill usually lasts for about 3 weeks.
All the other less significant rivers of the region become significant only during the spring flood, during which most of them swell greatly.
At ordinary times, only some of them can be slightly difficult to cross through due to the swampiness of their valleys.
Their dimensions are generally insignificant and they are fordable almost everywhere.
Swamps.
According to their origin, Polsya swamps can be divided into 2 types: artificial and natural.
The artificial ones were formed due to the fact that the rivers were blocked by mill dams, which greatly increased the water level. They were examined when describing the river.
There are two types of natural swamps: forested and open.