everything was flooded, they said that at low water, when the level of the kakovsky sea dropped, makivka could be seen very slightly , but not at all. now it has completely opened up, you can see those windings, if you look in the other direction, where there are green stripes, they roughly repeat the first contours of the canals that were here in the floodplains, which is interesting that the entire large meadow, it was essentially gigantic an island, because there was water everywhere along the shore, it was practically impossible to get inside, there was a river everywhere, so these were some straits that went right over the shore, on that side, on that side, in the middle... there was a huge land where you could graze horses, grow, mow hay, cattle, graze and fish and so on, but in fact it was a giant island, i think, you can say so boldly, it is the largest river island in europe, it is not sloppy, a big swamp, flooding, as they call it, floating, floating system, and white herons, i see big ones standing there. there are a lot of them, probably some martins, waders, sparrowhawks, an