This is how the shoreline and the entire bottom of the Kakhovka Reservoir looks like now! The Dnipro banks, which have acquired their natural features after the destruction of the Kakhovka Reservoir, are also covered with young forests even in the area of Khortytsia Island! More than a year has passed since the Russian invaders destroyed the Kakhovka Reservoir, but despite the predictions of some “experts,” its bottom has not become a desert. Now it is millions of young trees, i.e. a huge young forest at the bottom and in the vicinity of the Kakhovka Reservoir! According to our most conservative estimates, this is 2155000000 (two billion one hundred and fifty-five million) trees! And if we take into account that now there is more than one tree per square meter, as you can see in the video, it is several times more!
So this territory should be urgently included in the forest fund!
Late summer at the bottom of the Kakhovka Reservoir reveals unique natural phenomena. A biologist is conducting a study of a young forest that has grown on the site of a dried-up reservoir. Particular attention is drawn to the dominant pioneer species, the white willow, which has explosively colonized vast areas across the former bottom of the Kakhovka reservoir and the shores of Khortytsia Island in particular. These areas were and remain an integral part of the Great Meadow.
In the video, we demonstrate the thickness of the tree trunks, their height, and the water roots that form on the trunks of willows when they are submerged in water for a long time. These roots reflect the water level that was held a few months ago, which allows us to trace changes in the ecosystem. These roots appear when a tree is submerged in water for a long time, indicating the level of spring flooding in this part of the Dnipro. The river is acquiring a more natural hydrological regime with significant seasonal fluctuations in water levels. This contributes to the self-purification of the river and the formation of new biocenoses on its banks, such as floodplain meadows, and expands the territory of floodplain forests, which will contribute to even more effective self-purification in the future!
We can see how intensively new areas of Khortytsia Island's floodplains, which were once part of the Great Zaporizhzhia Meadow, are being reforested. You can also trace the water level that was here just two months ago. The pace of restoration of the floodplain vegetation is impressive and continues to grow!
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P.S. The pseudo-theories that it was not Russian troops who destroyed the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam look particularly ridiculous, given that from a military point of view, it was perhaps the only way to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Moreover, all professional military and analysts recognize this!
How the floodplains are being restored in the bank of Chortytsia Island, which is part of the Great Zaporizhzhia Meadow. We see how the old contours of the reservoirs open up when the excess water has gone down, how quickly the floating vegetation is restored.
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5 окт 2024
