乌克兰一年前大坝被炸的Kakhovka水库，现在成为一大片森林。一年间柳树已经有3米高。
A general view of dried-up lands of Kakhovka Reservoir, overgrown with thick vegetation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine on May 16, 2024.
After the Kakhovka Dam was blown up on June 6, 2023, water from the Kakhovka Reservoir flowed downstream, destroying towns, villages, and all life in its path. On the site of the former Reservoir, on 150,000 hectares of dried-up lands, a thick forest has grown in almost a year.
The vegetation here is diverse: a larger area is occupied by willow trees 2.5-3 meters high, rumex aquaticus and celtis occidentalis. Over time, according to ecologist Vadym Manyuk, the number of trees and plants will decrease, and new types of plants will be sown such as elm and pedunculate oak.
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