In the Carpathians, an artificial lake has formed on one of the tributaries of the Bystryk River due to deforestation, flooding a large part of the adjacent valley. This was reported by Vasyl Fitsak, a rescuer of the State Emergency Service in Ivano-Frankivsk region, on his Facebook page, UNN reports.
"An artificial lake on one of the tributaries of the Bystryk River in Gorgany. Osmoloda. A few days ago, while walking in search of mushrooms, I came across this location," Fitsak said.
He clarified that the map shows Kamianysty waterfall.
"Felling was carried out here and the equipment blocked the stream, created a dam, and quite a large part of the valley was flooded," the rescuer wrote.
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Over the past 20 years, 161 thousand hectares of forest have been cut down in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathians, which is almost 10% of the total forest cover. 80% of the deforested area is accounted for by forestries of the State Forestry Agency.