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    The Irtysh /ɜːrˈtɪʃ, ˈɪərtɪʃ/ is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob and is also the longest tributary river in...
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    Ob (redirect from Ob-Irtysh)
    (/ˈɒb/) is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia, and with its tributary the Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at 5,410...
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    The Battle of Irtysh River (Chinese: 額爾齊斯河之戰) or Battle of Yexi River (Chinese: 曳咥河大戰) took place in 657 between Tang dynasty general Su Dingfang and...
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    The Irtysh–Karamay–Ürümqi Canal (Chinese: 引额济克(乌)工程; pinyin: Yǐn-É-jì-Kè (Wū) gōngchéng; lit. 'Irtysh River Diversion to Karamay (Ürümqi) Project'), also...
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    Zhanasemey District, Abai Region, Kazakhstan, south of the valley of the Irtysh River. The test site was part of the former Kazakh SSR. The scientific buildings...
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  • The Battle of the Irtysh River or Battle Along the Buqdarma was a battle between the Mongol Empire and remnants of the Merkit and Naimans, fought at the...
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    for his ulus (domain): they were located in western Mongolia along the River Irtysh. This allocation was made with the expectation that Jochi would expand...
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    Lake Zaysan (category Irtysh basin)
    The major river flowing into it is the Kara Irtysh (Black Irtysh) and Kendyrlyk from the east; its only outlet is the Ertis, or Irtysh River. Since the...
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    Pavlodar (category Populated places on the Irtysh River)
    kilometres (252 mi) southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. In 2010, the city had a population of 331,710. The population of Pavlodar...
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    few and weak while the steppe nomads were numerous and warlike. The Irtysh River rises in what is now China and flows northwest to the Russian base at...
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