The Tobol (russian: Тобол, kk, Тобыл ''Tobyl'') is a river in
Western Siberia
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(in
Kazakhstan
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) and the main (left)
tributary
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of the
Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its
drainage basin
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is .
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History
The Tobol River was one of the four important rivers of the
Siberia Khanate. In 1428 the khan was killed in a battle with the forces of
Abu'l-Khayr Khan at the Battle of Tobol.
In the 16th century, the Tobol was the eastern terminus of
the portage route leading westward to the rivers
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Cities and towns on the Tobol
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Lisakovsk in Kazakhstan
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Rudni in Kazakhstan
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Kostanay (formerly Nikolaevsk) in Kazakhstan
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Kurgan in the Russian Federation
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Yalutorovsk in the Russian Federation
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Tobolsk
Tobolsk (russian: Тобо́льск) is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh rivers. Founded in 1590, Tobolsk is the second-oldest Russian settlement east of the Ural Mountains in Asian Russia, ...
in the Russian Federation, where the Tobol joins the Irtysh
Main tributaries
The largest tributaries of the Tobol are, from source to mouth:
[
* Syntasty (left)
* Ayat (left)
* Uy (left)
* Ubagan (right)
* Iset (left)
* Tura (left)
* Tavda (left)
]
References
Rivers of Kazakhstan
Rivers of Kurgan Oblast
Rivers of Tyumen Oblast
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