| 1 | A few days ago, the Irtysh River, Furukawa uran part of the upper and middle reaches of the tributaries have been drying up. | |
| 2 | You shouldn't have written about the Ertix River which, staunchly honest, honours promises. | |
| 3 | It's almost as if these strips of paper are flowing, one by one, from the Ertix River into the Heilongjiang, he thought. | |
| 4 | You were spoiled in your youth by the freedom of the Ertix River in the north country. | |
| 5 | "We are very concerned about Chinese plans concerning the Irtysh, " said Mr. Koishibayev. |