Word: irtysh
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...Asian portion is no less ambitious, involving the rechanneling of Siberia's mighty Ob River and its major tributary, the Irtysh. The original idea was to carry the water south by building a canal some 1,500 miles long, perhaps by nuclear blasting. But that proposal drew so many objections in the West that Soviet planners are now talking of rerouting the water along old riverbeds revealed by satellite photographs...
...Expedition started from Sikkim through Punjab, Kashmir, Ladakh, Karakorem mountains, Khotan, Kashgar, Qara Shar, Urumchi, Irtysh, Altai Mountains, Oryot region of Mongolia, Central Gobi, Kansu, Tsaidam, Tibet. . . . On Tibetan territory have been attacked by armed robbers. . . . Superiority of our firearms prevented bloodshed. In spite of Tibet passports, expedition forcibly stopped by Tibetan authorities on Oct. 6, two days north of Nagchu. . . . With inhuman cruelty expedition has been detained for five months at altitude of 15,000 feet in Summer tents amidst severe cold, about minus 40 degrees Centigrade...
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