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  Ishim River
The Ishim River (another name is Esil River) is a river running through Kazakhstan and Russia.
It is an affluent of the Irtysh River.
The Ishim River is partly navigable and passes through Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/i/is/ishim_river.html   (90 words)

  
 Ishim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ishim River (Ишим, another name is Esil River) is a river running through Kazakhstan and Russia.
It is a left tributary of the Irtysh River.
Ishim also is the name of a town in Russia: Ishim, Russia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ishim_River   (86 words)

  
 Ishim -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is a left (A branch that flows into the main stream) tributary of the (An Asian river; tributary of the Ob River) Irtysh River.
The Ishim River is partly navigable and passes through (Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998) Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Ishim also is the name of a town in (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russia: (additional info and facts about Ishim, Russia) Ishim, Russia
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/is/ishim.htm   (89 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Ishim
Ishim, river in Kazakhstan and Russia, eastern Europe.
Most of Kazakhstan’s major rivers drain internally, mainly into Lake Zaysan, Lake Balqash, and the Aral and Caspian seas.
The Irtysh River originates in the glaciers and streams that flow down the south-western slopes of the Altai Mountains in the Xinjiang Uygur...
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 Irtysh River --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
river rising from the glaciers on the southwestern slopes of the Altai Mountains in Sinkiang, China.
The Narym, Bukhtarma Om, and Tara are its chief right-bank tributaries, and the Osha, Ishim (Esil), Vagay, Tobol (Tobyl), and Konda are its main left-bank ones.
One of the greatest rivers of Asia, the Ob flows north and west across western Siberia in a twisting diagonal from its sources in the Altai Mountains to its outlet through the Gulf of Ob into the Kara Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9042821   (923 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Ishim
Ishim, river in northern Kazakhstan, 2,450 km (1,520 miles) long.
Petropavl, formerly Petropavlovsk, city in northern Kazakhstan, on the Ishim River near the border with Russia capital of Soltustik Qazaqstan (North...
Astana, formerly Tselinograd, Akmolinsk, and Aqmola, capital of Kazakhstan, located in the northern part of the country on the Ishim River.
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 Irtysh River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Irtysh River (also Ertis) a river in Asia, the chief tributary of the river Ob.
Steamers can navigate most of the slow-moving river between April and November, when it is not frozen.
The river banks were occupied by Chinese, Kalmyks, and Mongols until the Russians arrived in the late 16th century.
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 AllRefer.com - Ishim, river, Russia and Kazakhstan (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Ishim, river, Russia and Kazakhstan, CIS And Baltic Physical Geography
Ishim, river, c.1,130 mi (1,819 km) long, W Siberian Russia and Kazakhstan.
It rises N of Qaraghandy in Kazakhstan (where it is known as the Esil), flows W past Atbasar, N past Petropavl, and then joins the Irtysh River at Ust Ishim.
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 Search Results for Ishim - Encyclopædia Britannica
river in Kazakstan and Tyumen and Omsk oblasti (provinces) of south-central Russia.
Astana (meaning “Capital” in Kazak) lies in north-central Kazakstan along the Ishim River at the junction of the Trans-Kazakstan and South Siberian railways.
River, north-central Kazakhstan and the Tyumen and Omsk provinces of...
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 River russia - Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
River russia - Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow
Arctic: Birds of the Indigirka River delta, Russia: historical and
Medieval trade and communication along the rivers of Russia are considered as a social network.
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 Astana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The city is located in central Kazakhstan on the Ishim River it is located in the very flat, semi-desert region that makes up the majority of the nation.
The project, engineered by President Nursaltan Nazarbayev is designed not just to make the town the centre of Kazakhstan, but of all Central Asia.
Today there are many construction works under way, such as embassy buildings, representative riversides along Ishim River, infrastructure for transportation and communication etc..
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Astana   (411 words)

  
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1.2 LOCATION Vecheslav reservoir is located on the Ishim river, 60 km upstream of the capital Astana, in Astana oblast and in south-east direction of Astana city.
River bank protection and raising of the river banks will be needed in the area of Astana city.
All reservoirs in the river basin would need to be integrated in the model.
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 Irtysh
It is the chief tributary of the Ob and one of the two major rivers of W Siberia.
The river banks were occupied by Chinese, Kalmyks, and Mongols until the Russians arrived in the late 16th cent.
Ishim, river, Russia and Kazakhstan - Ishim, river, c.1,130 mi (1,819 km) long, W Siberian Russia and Kazakhstan.
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 Search Results for "Kazakhstan"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
248,000), N Kazakhstan, on the Ishim (Esil) River...
The original Turkic inhabitants were overrun by the Mongols in the 13th century and ruled by various khanates...
...Ishim, river, Russia and Kazakhstan, river, c.1,130 mi (1,819 km) long, W Siberian Russia and Kazakhstan.
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 Tselinograd (Present Astana) - The Construction of a Socialist City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the master plan of 1962, the river was counted as one of the most important element composing the main city structure.
Not only the river itself, but also a wide zone along the river was given equal status with a residential and an industrial zone.
The river suddenly becomes narrow (6-10 meters in width) and the surface of the water almost disappears in thick reed.
astanamp.kepter.kz /sub2.html   (2306 words)

  
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The river is a typical steppe river, with its flow practically limited to snowmelt during the summer season.
The Intumak Reservoir, located on the Nura River, will be used by the project as a water management tool and perhaps as a sediment trap for remnant mercury-contaminated sediment.
The project triggers OP 7.50 since the Nura (a wholly national river) is connected to the Ishim (which ends in Russia) by a canal near Astana.
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 PETROPAVLOVSK - LoveToKnow Article on PETROPAVLOVSK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
, a town of West Siberia, in the governmerit of Akmolinsk, on the right bank of the Ishim river, and on the great Siberian highway, 170 m.
The small fort of Petropavlovsk was founded in 1752, and was the military centre of the Ishim line of fortifications.
PET ROrAVLOVSK is also the name of a Russian seaport in Ramchatka, on the eastern shore uf the Bay of Avacha, in 53 N. and 158 44 E. Its harbour, one of the best on the Pacific, is little used, and tile town consists merely of a few huts with some 400 inhabitants.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PETROPAVLOVSK.htm   (168 words)

  
 Ob River articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The river splits up into more than one arm, especially after joining the large river Irtysh RiverIrtysh in 69° E. Originating in China, Irtysh RiverIrtysh is actually longer than Ob to their confluence.
From the river-head of Irtysh to the mouth of Ob, the Ob-Irtysh river flow is the longest in Russia at 5410 km.
Other noteworthy tributaries are: from the east, the Tom RiverTom, the Chulym RiverChulym, the Ket RiverKet, the Tym RiverTym and the Vakh RiverVakh; and, from the west and south, the Vasyugan RiverVasyugan, the Irtysh RiverIrtysh (with the Ishim RiverIshim, the Tobol RiverTobol), and the Sosva RiverSosva.
www.startlearningnow.com /Ob.htm   (457 words)

  
 Asia Times: China discusses future of Irtysh River
PRAGUE - The importance of the Irtysh River to Kazakhstan was highlighted at a conference in Prague last week organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
That is the first stage but by the time the canal is fully operational, estimated to be the year 2020, the canal will take 1,000 million cubic meters of water, or more than 10 percent of the total flow.
The issue of the Irtysh River's future is being discussed as cooperation between the two countries on resource development is increasing.
www.atimes.com /c-asia/AF05Ag01.html   (1030 words)

  
 Formation of Akmolinsk (Present Astana) in 19th Century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Late in the spring of 1830, a Cossack army appeared in a Kazakh steppe by Ishim River.
It was situated at the junction of Ishim River’s tributary and Nura River, not far from the hill Akmola the top of which retained traces of ancient burials.
However, Shubin and his party based their barracks and stables at 38 km from Akmola in Kara-Utkel on the right bank of the Ishim River, since the earlier selected place was flooded.
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 Learn more about Astana in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The city is located in central Kazakhstan on the Ishim River.
This name has been chosen because it is easily to be spoken in many languages.
Today there are many construction works under way like embassy buildings, construction of representative riversides along Ishim River, infrastructure for transportation and communication etc..
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /a/as/astana.html   (228 words)

  
 Yunona in Kazakhstan | About Kazakhstan | Petropavlovsk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On July 12, 1752, 180 km South of the old Ishimskaya Defensive Line, by the Ishim River, new fortress was founded.
The fortress was placed on the high right bank of the Ishim River, by the bend that turns the river roughly.
Six bastions were located in those six angles, two of them faced the river.
www.yunonakazakhstan.com /kaz_petro.htm   (480 words)

  
 General Information about Astana
In 1832 on the bank of Ishim River, in the Karaotkel woods, an outer military district, called Akmola was founded.
The city of Astana is located in the north of Sary Arka territory (in Kazakh meaning Golden Land), on the right bank of the Ishim River.
A great volume of investments is required for the programmes devoted to the development of social and cultural spheres, transport and telecom- munication, plenting of greenery, flow regulation and bank fortification of the Ishim River, construction of ring roads and bridge systems.
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 Ishim River - TheBestLinks.com - Kazakhstan, Russia, Astana, Irtysh River, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Transsib photo-gallery - Historical Photo-archive - West Siberian line
There are photos of West Siberian line (from Chelyabinsk to Ob river) in this Photoarchive subsection.
Chronologically the time of photographies spreads all over the period from beginning of building of this line (1892) up to the beginning of the 20-s of the XX century.
Ishim river, bridge near Petropalovsk, after 1896 (@IA)
www.transsib.ru /Eng/his-zsib.htm   (393 words)

  
 Ishim on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
66,000), W Siberian Russia, on the Ishim River and the Trans-Siberian RR.
An agricultural center, it produces farm machinery and processes food.
An old trading town known as Korkinsk, Ishim was renamed in 1782.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Ishim.asp   (363 words)

  
 Water - Water Management and Planning - River Basin Management and Planning - projects: Master Plan for the Brahmaputra ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Halcrow were responsible for the creation of a master plan for flood alleviation and river training.
Halcrow also carried out flood modeling, where a hydrodynamic model was used to simulate flows and levels in the Brahmaputra River under different design scenarios.
Sediment transport modeling, morphological studies, and detailed design of the river training works were also carried out.
www.halcrow.com /water_man_proj11.asp   (151 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Astana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The city is located in central Kazakhstan on the Ishim River in a very flat, semi-desert steppe region which covers most of the country's territory.
Also criticized is the way that lucrative development contracts were handed out to companies owned by President Nazarbayev's family members.
Today there are many construction works under way, such as embassy buildings, representative riversides along Ishim River, and infrastructure for transportation and communication.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Astana   (646 words)

  
 Astana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The city is divided into two sections, one on each of the two banks of the Ishim River.ver.
While the right bank is crowded with old and new buildings, the left bank is fairly empty.
This is the presidential palace, the new one, that is located on the left back of the Ishim river.
www.qsi.org /KAZ/2004.2005/social.community.activities/wpgsabina2/astana.htm   (274 words)

  
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