Ob River

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geographical feature river

The Ob River is one of the major rivers of western Siberia in Russia, flowing northward into the Arctic Ocean and forming part of one of the world's largest river systems.

Aliases (1)

Ob River basin ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature → river →
associatedCity	Barnaul NERFINISHED → Khanty-Mansiysk → Novosibirsk NERFINISHED → Omsk NERFINISHED →
basinSize	approximately 2,990,000 square kilometers →
climateZone	continental → subarctic →
continent	Asia →
country	Russia →
discharge	one of the largest river discharges into the Arctic Ocean →
drainageBasinCountry	China → Kazakhstan → Mongolia → Russia →
economicUse	used for fishing → used for hydroelectric power → used for irrigation → used for transport →
flowsDirection	generally northward →
flowsInto	Gulf of Ob → Kara Sea →
formedByConfluenceOf	Biya River → Katun River →
freezingPeriod	freezes in winter →
hasReservoir	Novosibirsk Reservoir →
languageOfName	Russian →
length	approximately 3650 km →
locatedIn	Siberia → Western Siberia →
majorTributary	Chulym River → Irtysh River → Ishim River → Ket River → Tobol River NERFINISHED → Tom River → Vasyugan River →
mouthLocation	Arctic Ocean →
nameInRussian	Обь →
navigationUse	important waterway for Siberia →
partOf	Arctic Ocean drainage basin →
passesThrough	Barnaul NERFINISHED → Khanty-Mansiysk → Nizhnevartovsk → Novosibirsk NERFINISHED → Omsk NERFINISHED → Surgut NERFINISHED →
rankByBasinSize	one of the largest river basins in the world →
rankByLength	one of the longest rivers in Asia →
riverSystem	Ob–Irtysh river system →
sourceRegion	Altai Mountains →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Siberia →	contains
Asia →	containsRiver
Arctic drainage basin ("Ob River basin") →	hasPart
Russia →	hasRiver
Kara Sea →	inflow
Altai Mountains →	riverSourceOf