The largest river in Russia is in Siberia

On the vast territory of our country is a large number of rivers - 2.5 million. Of course, a significant part of them are small water streams of several tens or hundreds of kilometers. But some of the Russian rivers impress the imagination with its length, the area of the basin, the width and depth of the riverbed. By these indicators, many of them are among the largest in the world. Including the Ob - the largest river in Russia. Starting from the depths of the continent of Eurasia, it paved its way to the Arctic Ocean through the vast expanses of Western Siberia. By the length of the Ob, there are no equal in Russia, it also ranks second in Asia.

A little bit about the title

All the tribes living on the banks of the Ob River gave it its name. In the Nenets, the largest river in Russia was called "Salya-Yam", which translates "capes". The Khanty and Mansi called her "Ace," which meant "big." And in the Selkup language, the name of the river sounded like "Eme" or "Quai" - "large". Before the campaigns for the Urals, Yermak, the land on the banks of the Ob River was called Obdorskaya. The modern name for one of the assumptions is related to the Komi language and means "snow". Alternatively, this is the Iranian word "oh" or "water". There is also a Russian version associated with the word "both", implying the fusion of the two rivers that give rise to the Ob.

Origins in the Altai

The largest river in Russia begins in the place where Katun and Biya are united into one stream. From this point to the point of confluence, the length is about 3650 km. Together with the Irtysh tributary its length is 5410 km. The Ob river basin is huge - 2990 thousand m ² . At the confluence of the river in the Kara Sea a bay nearly 800 km long was formed, it is called Obskaya Guba. In summer and autumn of each year, one can observe an interesting phenomenon: water in the riverbed becomes two-colored. It is clearly visible where the waters of Katun are mixed with a greenish tinge and the white stream of Biya.

River bed and mouth

At first, the Ob is little like a large river. The depth of the channel in the upper current is from 2 to 6 meters, on average it reaches 8 m. The truly great river of Russia is after the confluence with the Irtysh. Its width increases to 7 km, and the depth reaches 20 m. The left bank is gentle, and the right one - steep and steep, which gives the river valley a significant asymmetry. The canal is divided by an island with a length of 450 km to Bolshaya and Malaya Ob. Near the city of Salekhard, they again Merge into one stream. The delta has an area of more than 4 thousand km ² and consists of two branches. One of them is called Nadym, the second is called Hamanelsky. The largest river in Russia has a mixed type of food, in which the replenishment of meltwater predominates, characteristic of it are high spring floods. The Ob is navigable, not only freight but also passenger transport is carried out on it.

The largest rivers in Russia

In addition to the Ob River, several other rivers flow through the country, which are among the largest in the world. Almost parallel to it in the direction of the Kara Sea is moving the mighty Yenisei, whose length is 4287 kilometers. Through the whole of Siberia, the Lena River passes. From its source to the confluence of the Laptev Sea, the distance is 4480 kilometers. And there are still such large rivers as the Volga, Don, Amur, Kolyma, Khatanga, Indigirka and many others.