Editing Tobol

{{for|the Kazakh football club|FC Tobol}}
{{Infobox river
|name = Tobol
|image = Gorskii_04668u.jpg
|image_caption = Confluence of Irtysh and Tobol in Tobolsk in 1912
|pushpin_map = Russia
|pushpin_map_caption=Location of mouth
| source1           = [[Turgay Plateau]]
| source1_location  = Kairakty, Russia
| source1_coordinates= {{Coord|51.467|61.008|format=dms|display=i}}
| source1_elevation = {{Convert|271|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| mouth             = [[Irtysh]]
| mouth_location    = [[Tobolsk]], Russia
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|58.1539|N|68.2153|E|format=dms|source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}}
| mouth_elevation   = {{Convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| progression       = {{RIrtysh}}
| river_system      = [[Ob (river)|Ob]]
|subdivision_type1 = Country
|subdivision_name1 = [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]]
|length = {{convert|1591|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|discharge1_avg = {{convert|805|m3/s|cuft/s}}
|basin_size = {{convert|426000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}
|map =Tobol river 2 layers en.svg
|map_caption = Map of the Tobol watershed
}}

The '''Tobol''' ({{langx|ru|Тобол}}, {{langx|kk|Тобыл}}) is a river in [[Western Siberia]] (in [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Russia]]) and the main (left) [[tributary]] of the [[Irtysh]]. Its length is {{cvt|1591|km}}, and the area of its [[drainage basin]] is {{cvt|426,000|km²}}.<ref name=gvr>
{{GVR|195296|Река Тобол}}
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==History==
The Tobol River was one of the four important rivers of the [[Siberia Khanate]]. In 1428 the khan was killed in a battle with the forces of [[Abu'l-Khayr Khan]] at the Battle of Tobol.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzhq85nPrdsC&dq=Shiban+-Microwave&pg=PA25|author= Forsyth, James |year=1992|title=A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony, 1581-1990|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=25|isbn=0-521-47771-9}}</ref>

In the 16th century, the Tobol was the eastern terminus of [[Cherdyn Road|the portage route]] leading westward to the rivers [[Vishera (Perm Krai)|Vishera]] and [[Kama (river)|Kama]].

==Cities and towns on the Tobol==
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* [[Lisakovsk]] in Kazakhstan
* [[Rudny, Kazakhstan|Rudni]] in Kazakhstan
* [[Kostanay]] (formerly Nikolaevsk) in Kazakhstan
* [[Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast|Kurgan]] in the Russian Federation
* [[Yalutorovsk]] in the Russian Federation
* [[Tobolsk]] in the Russian Federation, where the Tobol joins the Irtysh

==Main tributaries==
The largest tributaries of the Tobol are, from source to mouth:<ref name=gvr/>
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* [[Syntasty]] (left)
* [[Ayat (river)|Ayat]] (left)
* [[Uy (Tobol)|Uy]] (left)
* [[Ubagan]] (right)
* [[Iset (river)|Iset]] (left)
* [[Tura (river)|Tura]] (left)
* [[Tavda (river)|Tavda]] (left)
{{div col end}}

==References==
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{{Rivers of Kazakhstan}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Rivers of Kurgan Oblast]]
[[Category:Rivers of Tyumen Oblast]]


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