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Definition of Irtish 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irtish River
Literary usage of Irtish River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"... Ferry over the Irtish river at Semipalatinsk ; (44) Crossing by the ferry over
the Irtish river ; (45) A salt-heap near Pavlodar on the Irtish river. ..."
2. Siberia and Central Asia by John Wesley Bookwalter (1899)
"220 View across the Irtish River, Siberia . . . . . .221 View across the Tom
River, Siberia ...... 222 Wharf-boat and Landing on Volga River, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"After his death by drowning in the Irtish River, his forces abandoned Siberia.
He figures in Russian folk songs, and is the subject of a drama by Khomyakov, ..."
4. The Russian Road to China by Lindon Wallace Bates (1910)
"Men and children are walking about, and finally we come to the Irtish River, over
which the train rumbles on a half-mile bridge. Spires and gilt domes are ..."
5. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"The prisoners were brought by rail to Omsk, where they were embarked on steamboats
for the thousand mile trip down the Irtish River to ..."
6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"... Ferry over the Irtish river at Semipalatinsk ; (44) Crossing by the ferry over
the Irtish river ; (45) A salt-heap near Pavlodar on the Irtish river. ..."
7. Siberia and Central Asia by John Wesley Bookwalter (1899)
"220 View across the Irtish River, Siberia . . . . . .221 View across the Tom
River, Siberia ...... 222 Wharf-boat and Landing on Volga River, ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"After his death by drowning in the Irtish River, his forces abandoned Siberia.
He figures in Russian folk songs, and is the subject of a drama by Khomyakov, ..."
9. The Russian Road to China by Lindon Wallace Bates (1910)
"Men and children are walking about, and finally we come to the Irtish River, over
which the train rumbles on a half-mile bridge. Spires and gilt domes are ..."
10. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"The prisoners were brought by rail to Omsk, where they were embarked on steamboats
for the thousand mile trip down the Irtish River to ..."
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