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Definition of Irtysh

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.

Definition of Irtysh

1. Proper noun. (river) a major river in Siberia, Russia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irtysh

Literary usage of Irtysh

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. A Bird's-eye View of the World: A Popular Scientific Description of the by Onésime Reclus, Malvina Antoinettte Howe, Forrest Morgan, Charles Hopkins Clark (1892)
"The course of the irtysh is henceforth through the Steppe; ... From Semipalatinsk to Omsk, on its right bank, the irtysh skirts the steppe of Baraba, ..."

3. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"But the upper streams of the irtysh, the other immense branch of the Obi, originate on the southern declivity of the Altai highlands within the frontier of ..."

4. Notes on Chinese Mediaeval Travellers to the West by E. Bretschneider (1875)
"The valleys of the irtysh and its tributaries all present luxuriant pastures. The Black irtysh at the month rf the Kiran is a large river, navigable even ..."

5. The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book; a Manual of the by Walter Harvey Weed (1920)
"RUSSO-ASIATIC CONSOLIDATED An amalgamation of the irtysh, ... In 1914 it formed the irtysh Corporation, Ltd. («W to operate the Ridder Concession and ..."

6. 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 ..."

7. A Bird's-eye View of the World: A Popular Scientific Description of the by Onésime Reclus, Malvina Antoinettte Howe, Forrest Morgan, Charles Hopkins Clark (1892)
"The course of the irtysh is henceforth through the Steppe; ... From Semipalatinsk to Omsk, on its right bank, the irtysh skirts the steppe of Baraba, ..."

8. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"But the upper streams of the irtysh, the other immense branch of the Obi, originate on the southern declivity of the Altai highlands within the frontier of ..."

9. Notes on Chinese Mediaeval Travellers to the West by E. Bretschneider (1875)
"The valleys of the irtysh and its tributaries all present luxuriant pastures. The Black irtysh at the month rf the Kiran is a large river, navigable even ..."

10. The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book; a Manual of the by Walter Harvey Weed (1920)
"RUSSO-ASIATIC CONSOLIDATED An amalgamation of the irtysh, ... In 1914 it formed the irtysh Corporation, Ltd. («W to operate the Ridder Concession and ..."

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