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When do spring floods begin on the upper Ob River?
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The Ob and Yenisey river basins and their drainage networks.
On the upper Ob River, spring floods begin early in April, coinciding with the melting of snow on the plains. This process occurs in two phases, with the second phase resulting from the subsequent melting of snow in the Altai Mountains.1