Tobol River

Picture of 1912

Picture of 1912

Course of the Tobol in the catchment area of the Ob

Catchment area of ​​the Tobol

The Tobol (Russian Тобол, Kazakh Тобыл ) is a 1591 km long tributary of the Irtysh River in the Asian part of Russia and Kazakhstan.

River

The river is formed at the boundary of the Kazakh territory Qostanai and the Russian Orenburg Oblast on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals from the small, about 30-40 km long and periodically desiccating headwaters Bosbije from the left and from the right Kokpektyssai. From there, it flows northeast across the Turgai plateau. After seven dams, and about 320 kilometers of the Tobol reached near the town Rudny the West Siberian Lowland. It flows through the Kazakh territory Qostanai and the Russian oblasts of Kurgan and Tyumen. In Tobolsk it flows into the Irtysh.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​426,000 km ² Tobols includes (compared to the total area of ​​Germany is 357,000 km ²).

Inflows

The most important tributaries of the Tobol are:

  • Tavda Pelym
  • Sos'va Loswa
  • Pyshma
  • Niza
  • Tagil
  • Miass
  • Techa

Places on the river

At the Tobol in Kazakhstan are the places Ordzhonikidze, Lissakowsk, Rudny, Qostanai and Satobolsk, Russia Kurgan, Yalutorovsk, Jarkowo and Tobolsk.

Tyumen Oblast Tavda River Tura River Iset River Uy River (Tobol basin) Kazakh language Rudny, Kazakhstan Sosva River Lozva River Pyshma River Nitsa River Tagil River Miass River Techa River Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast Integrated Authority File
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