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The gulf is relatively shallow, with an average depth from 10 to 12 metres (33 to 39 ft), which restricts heavy sea transport. The Taz Estuary is an eastern side-branch formed by the Taz River. There are several islands near the mouth of the Ob, at the beginning of the estuary, such as Khaley Island. All these islands are close to the shore and ...
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The Irtysh / ɜːr ˈ t ɪ ʃ, ˈ ɪər t ɪ ʃ / [note 1] is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob and is also the longest tributary river in the world. The river's source lies in the Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern part of Xinjiang, China) close to the border with Mongolia.
PETROPAVLOVSK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) -Swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia's Urals region were flooded on Monday as melt waters swelled the tributaries of the world's seventh longest river ...
Novosibirsk Reservoir or Novosibirskoye Reservoir (Russian: Новосиби́рское водохрани́лище), informally called the Ob Sea (Обско́е мо́ре), is the largest artificial lake in Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai, Russian Federation. It was created by a 33 m high concrete dam on the Ob River built in Novosibirsk ...
The Sob is a left tributary of the Ob river.It has its sources in the eastern slopes of the southern sector of the Polar Urals.After leaving the mountainous area, the river flows roughly southeastwards and southwards among small lakes in a floodplain located at the northwestern end of the West Siberian Plain.
Rivers with an average discharge of 5,000 m 3 /s or greater, as a fraction of the estimated global total.. This article lists rivers by their average discharge measured in descending order of their water flow rate.
The plateau is dissected diagonally by wide ravines of glacial origin slanting towards the Ob river. They are about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) in width and between 40 meters (130 ft) to 100 meters (330 ft) deep, stretching parallel to each other in a roughly northeast to southwest direction.