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Ob RiverRiver, west-central Russia. Flowing across western Siberia northwestward from the Altai Mountains of central Asia, it courses through the Gulf of Ob into the Kara Sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is about 2,268 mi (3,650 km) long. Its middle course is through taiga, swampy coniferous forest with expanses of marshland. In the north are vast stretches of icy, treeless tundra. The Ob is an important source of hydroelectric power and one of Siberia's major transportation routes during the six months of the year when it is not frozen. 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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In fact, Nizhnevartovsk is located in the Ob River basin, where O. In 1990, as the Soviet Union was breaking up, I spent three weeks in Siberia, principally in Novosibirsk, with a trip up the Ob River to the old city of Tomsk. Water from this region ultimately drains into the Ob River, which flows north into the Arctic Ocean. |
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