The Übi (, ''Übi'') or Uba () is a river of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

. The river is a 278 km

tributary stream A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...

to the transboundary

Ertis Ertis may refer to: * Ertis (river), Kazakh name for the Irtysh * Ertis, Pavlodar Region, a village in Kazakhstan * Ertis District Ertis (, ) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is ...

river, and has a surrounding

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that is 9,850 km² in size. It flows through the town

Shemonaikha Shemonaikha (, ''Şemonaiha''; ) is a town in Shemonaikha District in East Kazakhstan Region of eastern Kazakhstan. It is located on the banks of the Uba River, a right tributary of the Irtysh. Population: History Shemonaikha was founded in 1766 ...

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