Irtysh

Or Ir·tish

[ir-tish]

noun

1. a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1,840 miles (2,960 km) long.

Irtysh

/ ɪəˈtɪʃ /

noun

1. a river in central Asia, rising in China in the Altai Mountains and flowing west through Kazakhstan, then northwest into Russia to join the Ob River as its chief tributary. Length: 4444 km (2760 miles)

Example Sentences

The nearest school then will be a 30-minute boat journey across the choppy Irtysh river followed by a 20-minute ride on the school bus.

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At noon we were paralleling another mighty range, the little known Altai Mountains, and at one o'clock we passed the Zaisan Nor, the great lake which forms the headwaters for the Irtysh River.

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He received a perfect map and description of the unknown regions, from the source of Irtysh to the Wall of China.

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Farther on in the canton of Tzingal, at the place where the Irtysh, contracted by the mountains, precipitates its rapid course, a multitude of armed men awaited the Cossacks.

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The Irtysh stood fragrant with this odor of a big, noble river.

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