Tom (river)

The Tom (Template:Langx, Template:IPA; Template:Langx;<ref>Миллер Г. Ф. Путешествии по воде вниз по Томи и Оби от Томска до Нарыма. 1740 г.</ref> Template:Langx) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob in central Siberia. Its watershed lies within the Republic of Khakassia, Kemerovo Oblast, and Tomsk Oblast.<ref name=bse>Томь (река, приток Оби), Great Soviet Encyclopedia</ref> It is Template:Convert long, and has a drainage basin of Template:Convert.<ref name=gvr>Template:GVR</ref>

The Tom flows from the Abakan Range (a northern continuation of the Altai Mountains) northward through the Kuznetsk Basin. It joins the Ob approximately Template:Convert north of Tomsk.

Cities on the Tom River include Mezhdurechensk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Yurga, Tomsk, and Seversk.

The Aba people live near the Tom River.

Etymology

The name of the river may derive either from the Ket word toom ("river") or from the Russian word tyomny ("dark").<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Main tributaries

The largest tributaries of the Tom are, from source to mouth:<ref name=gvr/> Template:Div col

• Belsu (right)
• Usa (right)
• Mrassu (left)
• Kondoma (left)
• Aba (left)
• Verchnaya Ters (right)
• Srednaya Ters (right)
• Nizhnaya Ters (right)
• Chernovoy Naryk (left)
• Taydon (right)
• Unga (left)
• Basandayka (right)
• Iskitim (left)
• Ushayka (right)

Gallery

• The Tom during the hot summer of 2012
  The Tom during the hot summer of 2012
• A record flooding of the Tom, April 29, 2010; caused by the floating of ice on the river in November 2009
  A record flooding of the Tom, April 29, 2010; caused by the floating of ice on the river in November 2009
• The Tom near Tomsk
  The Tom near Tomsk

References

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