The Irtysh River (Russian: Иртыш ; Kazakh: Ertis / Ертiс ; Chinese: É'ěrqísī hé / 额尔齐斯河; Mongolian: Эрчис мөрөн, "Twirl"; Tatar Cyrillic: Иртеш, Latin: İrteş) is a river in Siberia and kazakhstan and is the chief tributary of the Ob River. Irtysh's main affluent is the Tobol River. The Ob-Irtysh forms a major drainage basin in Asia, encompassing most of Western Siberia and the Altay Mountains.
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