Definition of Irtysh River

1. Noun. An Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River.

Exact synonyms: Irtish, Irtish River, Irtysh
Group relationships: Siberia
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irtysh River

Ironside
Ironsides
Iroquoian
Iroquoian language
Iroquoians
Iroquois
Iroquois League
Irr
Irrawaddy
Irrawaddy River
Irredentist
Irredentists
Irtish
Irtish River
Irtysh
Irtysh River (current term)
Irukandji
Irukandjis
Irula
Irusha
Irvine
Irving
Irving Berlin
Irving Langmuir
Irvingia
Irvingia gabonensis
Irvingian
Irvingism
Irvingite

Literary usage of Irtysh River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Russian Nihilism and Exile Life in Siberia: A Graphic and Chronological by James William Buel (1883)
"As we backed out into the stream— the Irtysh River—a beautiful view of Tobolsk was had, reminding me of the appearance 1 had conceived of mid- dle'century ..."

2. Asiatic Russia by George Frederick Wright (1903)
"Irtysh River. The way for this occupation had been paved by the gradual ... He proceeded up the Irtysh River past Lake Zaisan, from which point he was ..."

3. Naylor's System of Teaching Geography: Adapted to Pelton's Outline Maps by Benjamin Naylor, Cale Pelton (1848)
"TOBOL R.—Rises in the north-western part of Independent Tartary—flows a north-easterly course—is a branch of the Irtysh river—and is 700 miles long. ..."

4. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"The Obi-Irtysh river system comprises one of the most colossal basins of the earth and can compete with the river region- of the Yellow and Blue rivers and ..."

5. Atlas of European History by Earle Wilbur Dow (1907)
"... Modern 19 Irish Sea 19 Gc Iron Bridge, or Pons Fern 9* Db Iron Gates, part of Danube river 23 Jf Irrawaddy, river 30 Sg Irtysh, river 23* Gc Is, mod. ..."

6. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1834)
"395. , estimated volume of water and Indus rivers, ib. 395, 396. IRTYSH River, China, xlvii. 155. IRVING, Mr., xlvi. 359, 362, 369-371, drawn off from the ..."

7. Russian Nihilism and Exile Life in Siberia: A Graphic and Chronological by James William Buel (1883)
"As we backed out into the stream— the Irtysh River—a beautiful view of Tobolsk was had, reminding me of the appearance 1 had conceived of mid- dle'century ..."

8. Asiatic Russia by George Frederick Wright (1903)
"Irtysh River. The way for this occupation had been paved by the gradual ... He proceeded up the Irtysh River past Lake Zaisan, from which point he was ..."

9. Naylor's System of Teaching Geography: Adapted to Pelton's Outline Maps by Benjamin Naylor, Cale Pelton (1848)
"TOBOL R.—Rises in the north-western part of Independent Tartary—flows a north-easterly course—is a branch of the Irtysh river—and is 700 miles long. ..."

10. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"The Obi-Irtysh river system comprises one of the most colossal basins of the earth and can compete with the river region- of the Yellow and Blue rivers and ..."

11. Atlas of European History by Earle Wilbur Dow (1907)
"... Modern 19 Irish Sea 19 Gc Iron Bridge, or Pons Fern 9* Db Iron Gates, part of Danube river 23 Jf Irrawaddy, river 30 Sg Irtysh, river 23* Gc Is, mod. ..."

12. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1834)
"395. , estimated volume of water and Indus rivers, ib. 395, 396. IRTYSH River, China, xlvii. 155. IRVING, Mr., xlvi. 359, 362, 369-371, drawn off from the ..."

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