Dry summer has exacerbated the problem of shallowing of the rivers. In the Tambov region small rivers are gradually disappearing. If 30 years ago there were more than 1200 today - a little more than 400 reports TambovNews.

Now the rivers of Tambov calm: some of them are already bound ice, while others, especially near the waterworks, still have open land, they silently swim duck. 

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