Russia is a water power. Many large and small rivers, lakes, seas and even ocean waves splash on its shores. Mother Volga, Don-father, gray-haired Irtysh, majestic Tobol - the names can be listed for a long time. Each reservoir has its own history, glorious biography and many interesting facts that the old-timers of those places can share.
Name and geographic coordinates
What is unusual about the Tobol River? First of all, geographical location. It flows through the two largest states of Eurasia - Russia and Kazakhstan. In Kazakh, its name sounds close to the Russian version - Tobyl. The ancient handsome man pours his water into the Irtysh, being its left tributary. The Tobol River has an impressive length - almost 1591 kilometers. No less impressive is the total area of the catchment area. It totals, neither more nor less, 426 thousand kilometers. The Tobol River is connected with a huge number of lakes - more than 20,000. Its sources should be sought near Bozbi and Kokpektysay. It was the confluence of these rivers that gave rise to Tobyl - on the eastern borders of the South Urals and Kostanay region (Kazakhstan). Gaining strength, spreading in breadth, the Tobol River flows further across the expanseWestern Siberia.
Natural characteristics
Food reservoir has a mixed. In the upper reaches, it is carried out due to the melting of snow and ice. The lower the descent along the channel, the more the water level in the Tobol River depends on the rains that fall in those areas. The flood season, therefore, at the source begins in April, its first half, when spring actively comes into its own. Continues until about 1-2 decades of June. In the lower reaches, the water level in the Tobol River is replenished until the first half of August. In addition to natural, natural factors, a complex of reservoirs, the degree of water consumption / withdrawal in them, has a serious impact on it. With the onset of cold weather, from the end of October to November, as a rule, Tobol is covered with ice. Melting occurs in mid-April. Also, the level of the Tobol River is determined by its left tributaries - Ui and Iset (small), Tura and Tavda, which play the role of important shipping arteries of Siberia. The right tributary of the Tobyl is the Ubagan River. The Tobolsk channel is quite winding, and the flow of water is smooth and calm.
People's economic importance
This "blue artery" of the country is interesting in many respects. During the flood period, timber is rafted along it in large batches. Shipping is of regional importance and is active until the onset of frost. The paths of other water transport vehicles of passenger and cargo type extend for 430 km from the mouth. Wonderful nature, good ecological background, developed tourist infrastructure and many medicalhe alth organizations make these places extremely popular with those who like to travel, actively relax, fish, go in for water sports or just lie in the hot Ural-Siberian summer sun, swim to their heart's content. According to experienced people, fishing on the Tobol and most of its lakes, as well as tributaries, is excellent. Fish are the pride of Russian reservoirs - pike, as well as ide, bream, perch, roach, carp and many others.
Famous settlements of the basin
One of the largest cities on the river is Tobolsk (Tyumen region). It was founded just at the place where the Tobol flows into the Irtysh. The history of the city is connected with the dramatic events of the development of Siberia, the conquest of its expanses by Russian pioneers, the Cossacks of Yermak. During the 16th-18th centuries Tobolsk was the main administrative, commercial, political and military center of the region. And the convict Fyodor Dostoevsky spent a lot of time in the local prison. No less famous is Kurgan, which belongs to the Ural Federal District. He is younger than his "big brother" by almost a century. Basically, the glory of the city was brought by scientific achievements made in the 20th century in the field of medicine, military equipment, and mechanical engineering. Professor Elizarov founded his world-famous traumatology clinic in Kurgan.
