Irtysh
The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world. The river's source lies in the Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria close to the border with Mongolia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan and Russia
- Also known as: “Black Irtysh”, “É’ěrqísī hé”, “Ertix R.”, “Ertix River”, “Irtish”, “Irtish R.”, “Irtish River”, “Irtysh R.”, “Irtysh River”, “R. Ertix”, “R. Irtish”, “R. Irtysh”, “River Ertix”, “River Irtish”, and “River Irtysh”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khanty-Mansiysk.
Khanty-Mansiysk
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Khanty-Mansiysk is a city in west-central Russia. Technically, it is situated on the eastern bank of the Irtysh River, 15 kilometers from its confluence with the Ob, in the oil-rich region of Western Siberia.
Irtysh
- Categories: transboundary river, river, and body of water
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Irtysh” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Irtisj”
- Albanian: “Lumi Irtysh”
- Arabic: “إيرتيش”
- Arabic: “ايرتيش”
- Armenian: “Իրտիշ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Irtish”
- Azerbaijani: “İrtış”
- Bashkir: “Иртыш”
- Basque: “Irtish”
- Basque: “Irtyx”
- Belarusian: “Іртыш”
- Bengali: “ইর্তিশ নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “इरतिश नदी”
- Bhojpuri: “इरतिश”
- Bhojpuri: “इर्तिश नदी”
- Bhojpuri: “इर्तिश”
- Bosnian: “Irtiš”
- Bulgarian: “Иртиш”
- Catalan: “Er’erjisihe”
- Catalan: “Irtish Negre”
- Catalan: “Irtish”
- Catalan: “Irtix Negre”
- Catalan: “Irtix”
- Catalan: “Irtysh”
- Catalan: “Istish Negre”
- Catalan: “Kara Irtix”
- Catalan: “Kara-Irtix”
- Catalan: “Riu Irtish”
- Catalan: “Riu Irtix”
- Catalan: “Riu Irtysh”
- Cebuano: “Irtysh”
- Chechen: “Иртыш”
- Chinese: “也儿的石河”
- Chinese: “喀拉额尔齐斯河”
- Chinese: “額爾濟斯河”
- Chinese: “額爾齊斯河”
- Chinese: “额尔齐斯河”
- Chuvash: “Иртыш”
- Crimean Tatar: “Ertiş”
- Croatian: “Irtiš”
- Czech: “Irtyš”
- Danish: “Irtysj”
- Dutch: “Irtisj”
- Dutch: “Irtysj (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Irtysj”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايرتيش”
- Esperanto: “Irtiŝ”
- Esperanto: “Irtiŝo”
- Estonian: “Irtõš”
- Fiji Hindi: “Irtysh Naddi”
- Finnish: “Irtyš”
- Finnish: “Irtysh”
- French: “Ertis”
- French: “Ertix”
- French: “Irtich”
- French: “Irtych”
- French: “R. Irtich”
- French: “Rivière Irtich”
- Galician: “Río Irtysh”
- Georgian: “ირტიში”
- German: “Ertix He”
- German: “Ertix”
- German: “Irtisch”
- German: “Irtysch”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ιρτίς”
- Guarani: “Ysyry Irtich”
- Hebrew: “אירטיש”
- Hindi: “इरतिश नदी”
- Hindi: “इरतिश”
- Hungarian: “Irtis”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Irtysh”
- Italian: “Irtys”
- Italian: “Irtyš”
- Italian: “Irtysh”
- Japanese: “イルチシ川”
- Japanese: “イルティシュ川”
- Japanese: “イルティシ川”
- Japanese: “エルティシ川”
- Japanese: “額爾斉斯河”
- Kazakh: “Ertis”
- Kazakh: “Ертіс өзені”
- Kazakh: “Ертіс”
- Kazakh: “Қара Ертіс”
- Kazakh: “ەرتىس”
- Kirghiz: “Иртыш”
- Kirghiz: “Эртиш”
- Korean: “이르티시강”
- Latin: “Irtis”
- Latin: “Irtisch”
- Latvian: “Irtiša”
- Lithuanian: “Irtyšius”
- Macedonian: “Иртиш”
- Malayalam: “ഇർട്ടൈഷ് നദി”
- Marathi: “इर्तिश नदी”
- Mingrelian: “ირტიში”
- Mongolian: “Erchis mörön”
- Mongolian: “Эрчис мөрөн”
- Northern Frisian: “Irtysch”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “E’erqisi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eerqisi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ertis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Irtysj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erqisi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ertis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “İrteş”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Irtysj”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Иртеш”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Иртыш”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Эртiс”
- Norwegian: “Irtysj”
- Ossetian: “Иртыш”
- Persian: “ايرتيش”
- Persian: “ایرتیش”
- Persian: “رود ايرتيش”
- Persian: “رود ایرتیش”
- Polish: “Czarny Irtysz”
- Polish: “Irtysz”
- Portuguese: “Irtysh”
- Portuguese: “Rio Irtich”
- Portuguese: “Rio Irtish”
- Portuguese: “Rio Irtixe”
- Portuguese: “Rio Irtys”
- Portuguese: “Rio Irtysh”
- Romanian: “Ertix”
- Romanian: “Irtâș”
- Romanian: “Irtiş”
- Romanian: “Irtîş”
- Romanian: “Irtîș”
- Romanian: “Irtysh”
- Romanian: “râul Irtîș”
- Romanian: “Râul Irtîș”
- Romanian: “rîul Irtîș”
- Russia Buriat: “Эрчис мүрэн”
- Russia Buriat: “Эршэтэ мүрэн”
- Russian: “Ертис”
- Russian: “Иртыш”
- Russian: “Чёрный Иртыш”
- Saterfriesisch: “Irtysch”
- Scots: “Irtysh River”
- Serbian: “Irtiš”
- Serbian: “Иртиш”
- Serbian: “Иртыш”
- Serbian: “Река Иртиш”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Irtiš”
- Slovak: “Irtyš”
- Slovenian: “Irtiš”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایرتیش چایی”
- Southern Altai: “Эрчиш (суу)”
- Southern Altai: “Эрчиш”
- Spanish: “Irtich”
- Spanish: “Río Irtich”
- Spanish: “Río Irtis”
- Spanish: “Río Irtish”
- Spanish: “Río Irtys”
- Swahili: “Irtysh”
- Swedish: “Irtysj”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Irtjş”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Иртйш”
- Tajik: “Иртиш”
- Tamil: “இர்டிஷ் ஆறு”
- Tatar: “Иртеш”
- Thai: “Irtysh River”
- Thai: “Irtysh”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำอีร์ติช”
- Thai: “อีร์ติช”
- Turkish: “İrtiş Irmağı”
- Turkish: “İrtiş Nehri”
- Turkish: “İrtiş”
- Uighur: “إيرتيش”
- Uighur: “ئېرتىش دەرياسى”
- Ukrainian: “Іртиш”
- Upper Sorbian: “Irtyš”
- Urdu: “دریائے ارتش”
- Uzbek: “Irtish”
- Venetian: “Fiume Irtish”
- Vietnamese: “Irtysh”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Irtish”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Irtysh”
- Walloon: “Irtish”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Irtysh”
- Welsh: “Afon Irtysh Wen”
- Welsh: “Afon Irtysh”
- Western Frisian: “Irtysj”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ ارتش”
- Wu Chinese: “额尔齐斯河”
- Yue Chinese: “額爾齊斯河”
- “इर्तिश नदी”
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