Economic use. In Kazakhstan and Russia, tankers, passenger and Cargo ships navigate the river during the ice-free season, between April and October. Omsk, home to the headquarters of the state-owned Irtysh River Shipping Company, functions as the largest river port in Western Siberia.. On the Kazakhstan section of the river there are presently three major hydroelectric …

River systems that may have existed in the past Amazon–Congo. The Amazon basin formerly drained westwards into the Pacific Ocean, until the Andes rose and reversed the drainage.. The Congo basin is completely surrounded by high land, except for its long narrow exit valley past Kinshasa, including waterfalls around Manyanga.That gives the impression that most of the …

The Li River or Li Jiang (Chinese: 漓江; pinyin: Lí Jiāng) is the name for the upper reaches of the Gui River in northwestern Guangxi, China.It is part of the Xijiang River system in the Pearl River Basin. The river flows 164 kilometres (102 mi) from Xing'an County to Pingle County, where the karst mountains and river sights highlight the famous Li River cruise.

Tobolsk (Russian: Тобо́льск) is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh rivers. Founded in 1590, Tobolsk is the second-oldest Russian settlement east of the Ural Mountains in Asian Russia, and is a historic capital of the Siberia region. Population: 100,352 (2021 Census); 99,694 (2010 Census); 92,880 (2002 Census); 94,143 …

The Volga is the longest river in Europe, and its catchment area is almost entirely inside Russia, though the longest river in Russia is the Ob–Irtysh river system. It belongs to the closed basin of the Caspian Sea, being the longest river to flow into a closed basin.Rising in the Valdai Hills 225 meters (738 ft) above sea level northwest of Moscow and about 320 kilometers (200 mi) …

Siberian River Routes were the main ways of communication in Russian Siberia before the 1730s, ... Down either the Tavda River or Tura River and a short way up the Tobol River to its juncture with the Irtysh River at Tobolsk (1582). This was the approximate route used by Yermak. Tobolsk is about 700 km east of Perm and 1800 km east of Moscow.

Xi River system. The basin of the Xi River ranges from eastern Yunnan Province to southern Guangdong Province with a humid subtropical or tropical monsoon climate. The Xi River is navigable for its entire length. It is a commercial waterway of southern China, and links the delta cities to the interior. Over two thousand years ago, the Lingqu Canal was dug, connecting the …

The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, Pei Ho ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. The Hai River at Tianjin is formed by the confluence of five watercourses: the Southern Canal, Ziya River, Daqing River, Yongding River, and the Northern Canal.The southern and northern canals are parts of the …

Ob River (Russia) Irtysh (额尔齐斯河) Bieliezeke River (别列则克河) Haba River (哈巴河) Burqin River (布尔津河) Kanas River. Kanas Lake; Hemu River; Kala Irtysh River (喀拉额尔齐斯河) Endorheic basins Dzungarian Basin. Ulungur Lake (乌伦古湖) Ulungur River (乌伦古河) Manas Lake (玛纳斯湖) Manas River ...

Khanty-Mansiysk (Russian: Ха́нты-Манси́йск, tr. Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. Khanty-Mansi Town; Khanty: Ёмвоҷ, Jomvoćś; Mansi: Абга, Abga) is a city and the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia.It stands on the eastern bank of the Irtysh River, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from its confluence with the Ob, in the oil-rich region of Western Siberia.