Tobol is a
riverA river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water...
in
KazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country situated in Eurasia that is ranked as the ninth largest country in the world. It is also the world's largest landlocked country. Its territory of 2,727,300 km² is greater than Western Europe...
and
KurganKurgan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan.-Geography:The Kurgan Oblast is located in Southern Russia and is part of the Urals Federal District...
and
Tyumen OblastTyumen Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khantia-Mansia and Yamalia. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants...
s in
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, left
tributaryA tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body...
of the Irtysh. The length of the Tobol River is 1591
kmThe kilometre , symbol km is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second....
. The area of its
drainage basinA drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean...
is 426,000 sq km. Average discharge at mouth is 805 m³/s. The lower reaches of the river freeze up in late October - November, the upper reaches - in November. It stays under the ice until the second half of April - early May. The Tobol River is navigable within 437 km from its estuary.
The Tobol River was one of the four important rivers of the
Khanate of SibirThe Khanate of Sibir was a Tatar Turkic khanate in the later Russian Siberia. The Khanate had an ethnically diverse population of Siberian Tatars, Khanty, Mansi, Nenets and Selkup people.-History:...
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Tobol is a
riverA river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water...
in
KazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country situated in Eurasia that is ranked as the ninth largest country in the world. It is also the world's largest landlocked country. Its territory of 2,727,300 km² is greater than Western Europe...
and
KurganKurgan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan.-Geography:The Kurgan Oblast is located in Southern Russia and is part of the Urals Federal District...
and
Tyumen OblastTyumen Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khantia-Mansia and Yamalia. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants...
s in
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, left
tributaryA tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body...
of the Irtysh. The length of the Tobol River is 1591
kmThe kilometre , symbol km is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second....
. The area of its
drainage basinA drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean...
is 426,000 sq km. Average discharge at mouth is 805 m³/s. The lower reaches of the river freeze up in late October - November, the upper reaches - in November. It stays under the ice until the second half of April - early May. The Tobol River is navigable within 437 km from its estuary.
History
The Tobol River was one of the four important rivers of the
Khanate of SibirThe Khanate of Sibir was a Tatar Turkic khanate in the later Russian Siberia. The Khanate had an ethnically diverse population of Siberian Tatars, Khanty, Mansi, Nenets and Selkup people.-History:...
. In 1428 the khan was killed in a battle with the forces of
Abu'l-Khayr KhanAbu'l-Khayr Khan was the leader who united the nomadic Uzbek tribes from which the Kazakh khanate later separated in rebellion under Janybek Khan and Kerei Khan beginning in 1466....
at the Battle of Tobol.
Cities and towns on Tobol
- Tobolsk
Tobolsk is a historic capital of Siberia, now part of the Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of rivers Tobol and Irtysh...
- Lisakovsk
- Rudni
Rudniy is a city in Kostanay Province of Kazakhstan. It has a population of more than 124,000.-References:...
- Kostanay
Kostanay , also spelled as Kostanai, Qostanay or Kustanay, is a city located in the northern part of Kazakhstan at the Tobol River. The population living in Kostanay is 223,600 people. Kostanay is the capital of Kostanay Province....
- Kurgan
Kurgan is the Russian word for a tumulus, a type of burial mound or barrow, heaped over a burial chamber, often of wood....
- Yalutorovsk
Yalutorovsk is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tobol River some 75 km southeast of Tyumen. Population: 36,400 ; 36,088 ....
Main tributaries
- Uy
The Uy River is a river in Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia with its upper reaches in Bashkiria. It partially flows along the borders of Chelyabinsk and Kurgan Oblasts with Kazakhstan. The Uy is a left tributary of the Tobol River. The length of the river is 462 km. The area of its basin is 34,400...
- Iset
Iset River is a river in Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Tobol River. The length of the Iset River is 606 km. The area of its basin is 58,900 km². The river freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Its main tributaries...
- Tura
Tura River , also known as Dolgaya River , ) is a river in the Sverdlovsk Oblast and Tyumen Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of Tobol. The length of the river is 1030 km. The area of its drainage basin is 80,400 km²....
- Tavda
The Tavda River is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Tyumen Oblast in Russia, Tobol's left tributary. It is formed by the confluence of the Lozva and Sosva Rivers. The length of the Tavda is 719 km. The area of its basin is 88,100 km². The river freezes up in early November and stays icebound until...
- Ubagan
The Ubagan River is a river of Kazakhstan....