Lexic.us

Definition of Irtish

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

Literary usage of Irtish

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

1. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF THE irtish. General history of Central Asia.—Russian occupation of the irtish. ..."

2. Through Russian Central Asia by Stephen Graham (1916)
"XIV ON THE irtish THE most interesting circumstance in the history of ... So Semipalatinsk, on the loose sands of the River irtish, has now its ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The chief river of the province, the irtish, which issues from Lake Zaisan, flows north and northwest and waters Semipalatinsk for more than 760 miles. ..."

4. Siberia and Central Asia by John Wesley Bookwalter (1899)
"It is situated on the Tobol River, which, after flowing 500 miles north, joins the irtish at Tobolsk. Kurgan lies in the midst of what, in virtue of its ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Many smaller lakes (some of them merely temporary) occur on the irtish plain, and yield salt. The whole of the country is rapidly drying up. ..."

6. Revelations of Siberia by Ewa] [Felińska (1853)
"Sojourn at Tobolsk—Lower and Upper Town—Edifices —Interview with an exiled Colonel—Walks on the irtish—Tobola—Public garden—Visit from the exile —Advance of ..."

7. The Real Siberia: Together with an Account of a Dash Through Manchuria by John Foster Fraser (1904)
"We rumbled across a huge girder bridge, 700 yards long, spanning the irtish—the mast gleams of many boats at anchor, and the red and green lights of a ..."

8. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF THE irtish. General history of Central Asia.—Russian occupation of the irtish. ..."

9. Through Russian Central Asia by Stephen Graham (1916)
"XIV ON THE irtish THE most interesting circumstance in the history of ... So Semipalatinsk, on the loose sands of the River irtish, has now its ..."

10. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The chief river of the province, the irtish, which issues from Lake Zaisan, flows north and northwest and waters Semipalatinsk for more than 760 miles. ..."

11. Siberia and Central Asia by John Wesley Bookwalter (1899)
"It is situated on the Tobol River, which, after flowing 500 miles north, joins the irtish at Tobolsk. Kurgan lies in the midst of what, in virtue of its ..."

12. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Many smaller lakes (some of them merely temporary) occur on the irtish plain, and yield salt. The whole of the country is rapidly drying up. ..."

13. Revelations of Siberia by Ewa] [Felińska (1853)
"Sojourn at Tobolsk—Lower and Upper Town—Edifices —Interview with an exiled Colonel—Walks on the irtish—Tobola—Public garden—Visit from the exile —Advance of ..."

14. The Real Siberia: Together with an Account of a Dash Through Manchuria by John Foster Fraser (1904)
"We rumbled across a huge girder bridge, 700 yards long, spanning the irtish—the mast gleams of many boats at anchor, and the red and green lights of a ..."

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