The river Iset (russian: Исеть) in

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flows from the

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through the Sverdlovsk and

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Oblasts, then through

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in Western Siberia into the river Tobol. The city of

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is on the upper part of the river. The Iset is long, and has a drainage basin of . The

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and the

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are tributaries of the Iset.

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Rivers of Sverdlovsk Oblast {{Russia-river-stub