Tobol

[ tuh-bawl ]

/ tʌˈbɔl /

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noun

a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1,290 km) long.

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Words nearby Tobol

Tobin, Tobin tax, tobira, Tobit, toboggan, Tobol, Tobolsk, to boot, tobramycin, Tobruk, to burn

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How to use Tobol in a sentence

In the Tobol and Ishim plains of western Siberia are the fertile black-earth regions covering twenty-five million acres.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson
The Irtish also receives from the west a large tributary, the Tobol, and at the confluence stands the town of Tobolsk.
From Pole to Pole|Sven Anders Hedin
This passage was rather more difficult than that of the Tobol.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
From Tiumen to the Tobol is about twenty-five miles by road.
The Angel of the Revolution|George Griffith

British Dictionary definitions for Tobol

Tobol

/ (Russian taˈbɔl) /

noun

a river in central Asia, rising in N Kazakhstan and flowing northeast into Russia to join the Irtysh River. Length: about 1300 km (800 miles)

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