Taken from a bridge in Warsaw (Poland). This is not a flood, this is what the river used to look like. In recent years, due to drought, it became very dry and the shore was overgrown with trees. In Warsaw, the left bank of the river is regulated and the right bank is left to nature. There is a levee there, but it's quite far away. This area is treated as a floodplain and intended for recreation. All subsequent governments wanted to regulate and concrete this bank. Fortunately, they did not have the funds for this.
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Thanks for this photo which, with the narrative, I find really interesting. How long ago since the river looked like this? it shows what people get used to so that when the river returns to 'normal' they think it is a flood!
I was born in Krakow and don't remember it since it has been a few years...quite a few. It was a communist country at that time. But I thought the river was called Wisla or did I have it wrong? Interesting narrative and capture,
@jerzyfotos Wisła has its official name in English. I avoid Polish names on these websites. And my favorite river is Pisia Gągolina and it flows through Żyrardów.
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