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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
An initial plan to route the railway through Tomsk necessitated a bridge 55 km west, but frequent spring flooding of the Ob river at this site rendered it unsuitable. Civil engineer and writer Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky subsequently identified a viable alternative: a narrow, rocky section approximately 200 km southwest of Tomsk, near the ...
Ob→ Kara Sea The Chaya ( Russian : Чая ) is a left tributary of the Ob river in Russia . [ 1 ] The river is 194 kilometres (121 mi) long and has a catchment area of 27,200 square kilometres (10,500 sq mi).
The Tym (Russian: Тым) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tomsk Oblast in Russia, right tributary of the Ob. The length of the river is 950 kilometres (590 mi), and it drains a basin of 32,300 square kilometres (12,500 sq mi). [1] The Tym freezes up in October to early November and stays icebound until late April to May.