Khortytsia

Khortytsia is the largest island within the River Dnieper and is 12.5 kilometers lengthy and up to 2.5 kilometers wide. The island paperwork part of the Khortytsya National Park. This historical site is located within the metropolis limits of Zaporizhia, Ukraine. The island has performed a vital function within the records of Ukraine, in particular in the records of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The island has precise flowers and fauna, which include all right groves, spruce woods, meadows, and steppe. The northern a part of the island is very rocky and high rising 30 m above the river mattress in evaluation to the southern component, that's low, and frequently flooded through the waters of the Dnieper. Khortytsia has been continuously inhabited during the last 5 millennia.

Other islands inside the instant vicinity additionally include indicators of in depth career during the Proto Indo European and Scythian periods. The island of Small Khortytsia is known for its Scythian stays and a derelict Cossack castle. The islet of Sredeny Stih to the northeast of Khortytsia excavated during creation of the hydroelectric station in 1927, gave its name to the Sredny Stog subculture.