The Ob River (Roushie: Обь), an aa Obi, is a major river in western, Siberia, russia an is the world's fift longest river. It is the wastrenmaist o the three great Siberie rivers that flae intae the Arctic Ocean the ither twa bein the Yenisei River a the Ob River).
The Gulf o Ob is the world's largest estuary.
Quick Facts Ceeties, Primar soorce ...
| Ob (Обь) |
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| River |
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| Tributaries |
| - left |
Katun River, Anuy River, Charysh River, Aley River, Parabel River, Vasyugan River, Irtysh River, Northern Sosva River |
| - right |
Biya River, Berd River, Inya River, Tom River, Chulym River, Ket River, Tym River, Vakh River, Pim River, Kazim River |
| Ceeties |
Biysk, Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut |
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| Primar soorce |
Katun River |
| - location |
Belukha Muntain, Altai Republic |
| - elevation |
2,300 m (7,546 ft) |
| - coordinates |
49°45′0″N 86°34′0″E |
| Seicontar soorce |
Biya River |
| - location |
Loch Teletskoye, Altai Republic |
| - elevation |
434 m (1,424 ft) |
| - coordinates |
51°47′11″N 87°14′49″E |
| Soorce confluence |
Near Biysk |
| - elevation |
195 m (640 ft) |
| - coordinates |
52°25′54″N 85°01′26″E |
| Mooth |
Gulf o Ob |
| - location |
Ob Delta, Yamalia |
| - elevation |
0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates |
66°32′02″N 71°23′41″E |
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| Lenth |
3,650 km (2,268 mi) |
| Basin |
2,972,497 km2 (1,147,688 sq mi) |
| Discharge |
for Salekhard |
| - average |
12,475 m3/s (440,550 cu ft/s) [1] |
| - max |
40,200 m3/s (1,419,650 cu ft/s) |
| - min |
2,360 m3/s (83,343 cu ft/s) |
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Cairt o the Ob River wattershed |
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