River Ob, Siberia

The Ob is the great river of western Siberia, its junctions, portages and gulf shaping travel and survey across the region, ...

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The Ob is the great river of western Siberia, its junctions, portages and gulf shaping travel and survey across the region, and these pieces catch it at individual stopping places along its course. A view of 1768 shows the riverside settlements of Schorskarkoi-Pogost and Trojetski. Two sketch maps of 1885 pick out key points on the river: Narym, where the Ket joins the Ob, and the lower river around Obdorsk, the town now called Salekhard.

The Ob is the great river of western Siberia, its junctions, portages and gulf shaping travel and survey across the region, and these pieces catch it at individual stopping places along its course. A view of 1768 shows the riverside settlements of Schorskarkoi-Pogost and Trojetski. Two sketch maps of 1885 pick out key points on the river: Narym, where the Ket joins the Ob, and the lower river around Obdorsk, the town now called Salekhard.

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