Horbachykha Tract, Field name in Dniprovskyi District of Kyiv, Ukraine.
Horbachykha Tract is a field stretching along the left bank of the Dnieper River in Dniprovskyi District, bordered by the Chortoryi Strait and positioned downstream from the Rybalskyi Railway Bridge. The land covers around 83 hectares and contains floodplain meadows, willow forests, and remnant sand dunes that create varied terrain across the area.
In the 1800s, this area formed a low sandy hill stretching from Vyhurivshchyna village to Rusanivska Bay, and it appeared as an island on maps from 1855. After World War II, a post-war concrete road was built through the territory, comparable to infrastructure constructed on nearby Trukhaniv Island.
The name comes from the Horbachiv Strait, which flows between Dolobetskyi Island and the main area, reflecting how locals named places after natural features. This kind of naming shows how the landscape was organized by those who lived near it.
The area is easy to walk through because it is flat and has a concrete path running across it from the post-war period. Spring and summer are good times to visit when the meadows are green and wildlife is more active.
The southeastern section contains original floodplain meadows and willow forests that survive from the river's natural landscape before modern changes. These remaining ecosystems have become uncommon elsewhere along the Dnieper as development has altered similar areas.
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