The Sob () is a river in

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (; ) also known as Yamalia () is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard, and its largest city is Novy Urengoy. The 2021 Russian ...

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. The river is long and has a catchment area of . The Sob flows across the Priuralsky and Shuryshkarsky districts. The

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stretch of the Northern Railway runs along the valley of the Sob in the

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. Since it is of relatively easy access, the river has become a tourist attraction as a Class I to IV destination for

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and

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Course

The Sob is a left

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of the

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. It has its sources in the eastern slopes of the southern sector of the

. After leaving the mountainous area, the river flows roughly southeastwards and southwards among small lakes in a

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located at the northwestern end of the

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. Kharp town is located by its banks in its middle course. The area is marked by

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, being often swampy, and with patches of

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and coniferous

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. Finally the Sob meets the left bank of the Ob near Katravozh, about from its mouth.

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Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Sob are the long Bolshaya Pai-Pudyna (Большая Пай-Пудына) and the long Khanmei (Ханмей) from the left, as well as the long Orekh-Yugan (Орех-Юган) and the long Yenga-Yu (Енга-Ю) from the right. The river is fed predominantly by snow and is frozen between October and June.Yamala - Sob
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Fauna

The main fish species in the river are

muksun The muksun ''(Coregonus muksun)'' is a type of whitefish widespread in the Siberian Arctic waters. It is mostly found in the freshened areas of the Kara and Laptev Seas and up the major rivers, as well as in Lake Taymyr. Like all whitefishe ...

, peled, broad whitefish,

nelma ''Stenodus nelma'', known alternatively as the nelma, sheefish, siifish, inconnu or connie, is a commercial species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is widespread in the Arctic rivers from the Kola Peninsula (White Sea basin) ...

, and

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References

External links

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Полярный Урал. Станция Собь и её окрестности
Rivers of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug West Siberian Plain {{Siberia-river-stub

Course

Tributaries

Fauna

See also

References

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