All large and small rivers of Siberia belong to the basin of the Arctic Ocean. And the most famous and largest Siberian rivers - the Ob, Angara, Yenisei, Lena, Irtysh and Amur are among the ten largest rivers in the world both in terms of fullness and length.
Instructions
Step 1
The Ob begins in Altai, where the Biya and Katun rivers join. The length of the river is 5410 km, the basin area is 2990 thousand square meters. m. Ob flows into the Kara Sea, forming an 800-kilometer gulf - the Ob Bay. The river feeds on melt water, so spring floods are typical for it. It is also worth noting that the Ob is a navigable river. Both passenger and freight traffic is well developed. The Ob basin ranks first in Russia in terms of the amount of fish caught. On the banks of the river are located such cities as Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut, Salekhard, Nefteyugansk and Labytnangi.
Step 2
The main tributary of the Ob is the Irtysh River. It is the longest tributary river on the planet. It flows through three states - China, Kazakhstan and Russia. It flows into the Ob near the city of Khanty-Mansiysk. The Irtysh food is mixed: in the lower reaches it is rainy, unpaved and snowy; the upper reaches are glacial and snowy. The water in the river is soft and fresh. It is home to sturgeon, salmon, carp, pike, cod and perch fish. The popular passenger routes along the river are Omsk - Salekhard, through Khanty-Mansiysk and Tobolsk. The Irtysh flows through the cities of Ust-Kamenegorsk, Pavlodar, Omsk, Tobolsk. For many years there was talk about who is more important - the Ob or the Irtysh. After all, the Ob flows into the Irtysh from the side, without breaking the rectilinear direction of the second river. The decisive factor was the argument that the Ob River is fuller than the Irtysh. Thus, the Irtysh became a tributary.
Step 3
The Yenisei is a well-known Siberian river; in terms of basin area, it ranks second in Russia and seventh in the world. It flows into the Kara Sea. The length of the river is 3487 km. The Yenisei is a natural border between Eastern and Western Siberia. On the left bank there is the West Siberian Plain, on the right - mountain taiga. The river also passes through several climatic zones. If camels live in the upper reaches, polar bears live in the lower reaches. The food is mainly snow. The main tributaries are the Angara and Lower Tunguska rivers. There is regular shipping along the Yenisei. The main ports are Krasnoyarsk, Abakan, Yeniseisk, Igarka and others. Wood rafts are rafted along the river.
Step 4
Lena is the largest river in Eastern Siberia. It flows into the Laptev Sea. It flows through Yakutia and the Irkutsk region. Length - 4400 km. Lena is the main transport artery of the Republic of Yakutia. It is on it that the main part of the "northern delivery" is made, which provides the territories of the Far North with vital goods in the winter season. The banks of the river are practically unpopulated. There are only six cities on the Lena, the largest of them is Yakutsk.
