Over the past 25 years, the western regions of Ukraine have been affected by floods and mudflows caused by a complex of factors, the main of which are climate change, rapid snowmelt and intense precipitation, urbanization and deforestation. These hydrological phenomena caused significant material damage and a threat to human life. To prevent them, the construction of hydraulic structures, strengthening of river banks and afforestation, the creation of early warning systems and improvement of the monitoring system were carried out.
The conducted studies show that during the period from 2015 to 2025, significant changes occurred in the structure and condition of the soil cover on the studied slope and in the floodplain of the Slavska River. The identified cracks and vegetation degradation can be considered as the initial phase of the development of potentially dangerous geomorphological processes that require further monitoring.
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