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Irtysh River |
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Irtysh RiverKazakh ErtisRiver rising in the Altai Mountains in Xinjiang autonomous region, China. It flows west across the Chinese border and then northwest through Kazakhstan into Russian Siberia, where it becomes the largest tributary of the Ob River. It is 2,640 mi (4,248 km) long and is navigable for most of its course. Its main ports include Tobolsk, Tara, Omsk, Pavlodar, Semey, and Öskemen. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The transfer route would have stretched from the confluence of the Ob and Irtysh rivers through the central parts of western Siberia southward to the Syrdar'ya and Amudar'ya rivers. The largest parasite-endemic area is in western Siberia, namely the Ob and Irtysh River valleys and their tributaries (9-12). Semipalatinsk, which lies along the Irtysh River in East Kazakhstan, was the major nuclear-testing site for the Soviet Union since the first explosion of a plutonium bomb in 1949. |
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