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The flooding of the Tobol and Ishim rivers in Russia's Tyumen region will peak by April 23-25. The Tobol and the Ishim are tributaries of the Irtysh, which along with its parent, the Ob, forms the ...
Ishim in Astana. According to the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Astana was chosen as the capital in part due to the presence of the river. The city is also divided into two sections, the Right (northern) Bank of the Ishim or the old town, and the Left (southern) Bank, where the new government buildings such as the Ak Orda, the House of the Government, and the Supreme Court are ...
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 ...
Rising water was forecast in Siberia's Ishim and Tobol rivers, tributaries of the Irtysh river, which along with its parent, the Ob, forms the world's seventh longest river system.
The Orsk Dam was built in 2010 and was built for a water level of 5.5 metres (18 ft). At the time of its collapse, torrential rain was recorded in the area, while melting snow helped push water levels in the Ural River to 9.6 metres (31 ft).
Several major river systems have seen their water levels rise, including the Ural River, which flows through Russia and Kazakhstan before entering the Caspian Sea, and the Tobol and Ishim Rivers, both of which are tributaries of the Irtysh River. [9] In Tyumen Oblast, authorities warned that flooding along the Tobol River would peak in May. [12]
More than 300 houses and nearly 700 residential plots have been flooded in Russia's Kurgan region straddling the Tobol River near the border with Kazakhstan, Russia's emergency ministry said on ...
Ishim may refer to: Ishim (river), a river in Kazakhstan and Russia; Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia; Ishim (angel), a rank of angels in the ...