Akhiwa ngokudibana imilambo ezimbini zeAltai - kunye Biya Katun umlambo OB enyanisweni buyaqhubeka Katun. Xa intlanganisela yezi amadama kwakhiwa flow nangxola enamandla ngokwaneleyo. Kwaye zonke emlanjeni - umbala wayo. Biya uye umbala omhlophe okanye kumdaka-zingwevu, kwaye Katun - oluhlaza. I edityanisiweyo zibe enye yamanzi kugalelwe kangangexesha elithile, nto leyo onemigca elinombala spray amanzi. Ingakumbi kakuhle le meko elifana neli ehlotyeni nasekwindla. Zingena olwandle Kara ob iyinxalenye ichwetyana enkulu ukuba ubude malunga 800 neekhilomitha, ekuthiwa OB ngomlomo.
Ekunye uviko yayo i Irtysh umlambo OB kwindawo yokuqala inde eRashiya (5410 km.) Nowesibini - in Asia. Ummandla isitya wayo - phantse zizigidi ezi-3 macala M.. km. Ngokutsho nendlela umlinganiswa uthungelwano lomlambo, ukondla iimeko, ebumba amanzi imo umlambo OB lungahlulwa-hlulwa zibe kumacandelo ezinkulu ezintathu: engasentla (ukusuka kumthombo ukuya umlomo lomlambo uTom), eliphakathi (ukuya kwi umlomo Irtysh) nolusezantsi (phezulu imilebe OB). Ukuzalisa amanzi omlambo kubangelwa ikakhulu ikhephu ukunyibilika, nokuqukuqela ubuninzi nexesha entwasahlobo nasehlotyeni. Xa sifika aphezulu onogumbe ngesiqhelo ekwi ekuqaleni Epreli,-avareji - phakathi enyangeni, umzantsi - ekupheleni Epreli-ekuqaleni Meyi. Ukuphakamisa inqanaba lamanzi iqala kwi ngumkhenkce-up. Emva kokuvulwa umlambo ibe mfutshane-owayehlala inqanaba lamanzi kakhulu ngenxa yesehlo ice kwemikrozo. Kulo mzekelo, mhlawumbi ukutshintsha indlela ukuhamba ezinye ezi nemingenela OB. Xa sifika aphezulu onogumbe ungatsala de ngoJulayi, ixesha amanzi aphantsi ihlobo luphawulwa kukungazinzi, yaye ngoSeptemba-Oktobha Imvula izikhukula. Komnotho ngonyaka we kaNogumbe efikelela phakathi nolusezantsi zingaqhubeka de ngumkhenkce-up. Obi ezininzi ezinkulu (Irtysh Charysh, Anouilh, Aley, Chumysh, Berd, Chulym, Tom, njl ..) Yaye nemingenela ezincinane.
Xa imvelaphi yegama kulo mzimba amanzi iinguqulelo ezininzi. Ngoko ke, ukususela ulwimi igama Komi 'ba "lithetha" njengekhephu "okanye" snowdrift ". Enye inguqulelo yeBhayibhile ithi ukuba igama umlambo i-Persian "kwi" ( "amanzi"). Kukho kwakhona kwinguqulo isiseko amagama igama ebekumele Russian "zombini" kuba umthombo OB River ukhandwa ngokudibana imizimba ezimbini yamanzi. theory nganye unelungelo lokuba khona.
Ob River kubalulekile ukuba wonke ummandla West Siberian. Isetyenziswa njengento yothutho kwindlela yendalo, ingakumbi ukunikezelwa hlobo amafutha kunye nokutya kwiindawo ezisemantla, onokulufikelela kuphela emlanjeni. Kumazantsi kukho naseNovosibirsk Reservoir (eyaziwa ngokuba luLwandle ob) langena kwakhiwa 1950-1961 gg. NaseNovosibirsk HPP edamini. Kumanzi OB uhlala iintlobo ezahlukeneyo malunga amahlanu kunye zenyathi neentlanzi, phantse isiqingatha kuzo iindidi ekujoliswe (ubukhulu becala entle-umnatha - Pike sisinkantazi, seabream, zakhele, IDE, Roach, njalo njalo). Njngesiqhelo kwi Intlanzi emlanjeni, Intlanzi, nesalmon emhlophe, whitefish, kunye nabanye. OB umlambo, ingakumbi uyaphakama ayo aphezulu, ngokwemveli isetyenziswe njengendawo yokuphumla. Kukho iiholide abaninzi kunye namaziko ngabakhenkethi (ingakumbi kummandla naseNovosibirsk amanzi kwidama), eyaziwa kuphela eRashiya kodwa phesheya.