River Ob

In the southern part of the Ob River is the Novosibirsk Reservoir, formed by the dam of the Novosibirsk HPP. It was built for 11 years, and when creating the reservoir had to flood many villages. The reservoir is so impressive that locals call it the Ob Sea. It serves as a resting place for many Novosibirsk residents and tourists from other regions, as recreation centers and sanatoriums are located on its banks.

An interesting question is the etymology of the name of the river. There are several versions. According to one of them, the name of the river comes from the Komi language, and in translation it means “snow” or “snow snowdrift”. There is also a version that the name of the river was given by the Iranian-speaking peoples who lived in the south of Western Siberia, since "ap" from Iranian means "water". There is an assumption that the word "Ob" comes from the Russian "both". It was said “both rivers”, referring to the Katun and Biya rivers, which merged into the Ob.

In the waters of the Ob and the Ob Bay, many valuable species of fish live: sturgeon, sterlet, nelma and so on. But objects of industrial importance are mainly pike, perch, ulcer, mould, carp, perch.