Ob-Irtysh Basin Navigation Season Closes

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The Navigation Season 2019 on the Ob-Irtysh Basin System of Waterways has come to an end, the Rosmorrechflot press center (Federal Marine and River Transport Agency) reports.

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In 2019, total length of waterways with aid to navigation was 8,750 kilometers.

According to Rosmorrechflot, the scope of dredging performed on the waterways of the Ob-Irtysh Basin exceeded 1,550m³ of material.

Administration of the Ob-Irtysh Basin manages 14,627 kilometers of waterways in the Omsk, Tyumen and Sverdlovsk Regions, the Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Areas.

Key waterways in the basin are Irtysh, Ob, Malaya Ob, Nadymskaya Ob, Khamanelskaya Ob, Pur, Taz, Bolshaya Ob, Gornaya Ob, Kazym and Ob-Taz Bay.