Tobol River

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Tobol (Тобол in Russian) is a river in Kazakhstan and Kurgan and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of Irtysh. The length of the Tobol River is 1591 km. The area of its drainage basin is 426,000 sq km. 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 biggest tributaries of the Tobol are the Uy, Iset, Tura, Tavda, and Ubagan. The Tobol River is navigable within 437 km from its estuary. The cities of Tobolsk, Lisakovsk, Rudniy, Kustanai, Kurgan, and Yalutorovsk are located on the Tobol.

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