The Shish (russian: Шиш) is a river in the
Omsk Oblast
Omsk Oblast (russian: О́мская о́бласть, ''Omskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia. The oblast has an area of . Its population is 1,977,665 ( 2010 Census) with the majority, 1.1 ...
of
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
. It is a right tributary of the
Irtysh
The Irtysh ( otk, 𐰼𐱅𐰾:𐰇𐰏𐰕𐰏, Ertis ügüzüg, mn, Эрчис мөрөн, ''Erchis mörön'', "erchleh", "twirl"; russian: Иртыш; kk, Ертіс, Ertis, ; Chinese: 额尔齐斯河, pinyin: ''É'ěrqísī hé'', Xiao'er ...
.
[Royal Geographical Society (1856) "Irtish" ''A Gazetteer of the World: Volume IV: Hensburrow-Lurin'' A. Fullarton, Edinburgh, Scotland,]
p. 293
/ref> It is 378 km long with a basin area of 5,270 km². The Shish usually freezes by early November and the ice breaks up by the end of April.
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External links
"Шиш" ("Shish") ''Большая Советская Энциклопедия'' (''The Great Soviet Encyclopedia'')
in Russian
"река Шиш" ("river Shish") Омская область на карте (Omsk Oblast in Maps)
photographs of the Shish River, in Russian
Rivers of Omsk Oblast
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