Shish (river)

River
57°19′03″N 73°22′43″E / 57.31750°N 73.37861°E / 57.31750; 73.37861Length530 km (330 mi)Basin size21,300 km2 (8,200 sq mi)Basin featuresProgressionIrtysh→ Ob→ Kara Sea

The Shish (Russian: Шиш) is a river in the Omsk Oblast of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Irtysh.[1] It is 378 km long with a basin area of 5,270 km².[2] The Shish usually freezes by early November and the ice breaks up by the end of April.

Notes

  1. ^ Royal Geographical Society (1856) "Irtish" A Gazetteer of the World: Volume IV: Hensburrow-Lurin A. Fullarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, p. 293
  2. ^ "Река Шиш in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).

External links

  • "Шиш" ("Shish") Большая Советская Энциклопедия (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia), in Russian
  • "река Шиш" ("river Shish") Омская область на карте (Omsk Oblast in Maps), photographs of the Shish River, in Russian


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