The Tom ( rus, Томь, p=tomʲ, cjs, Том) is a river in

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tributary of the Ob in Central

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. Its watershed lies within the

Republic of Khakassia Khakassia (russian: Хакасия; kjh, Хакасия, Хакас Чирі, ''Khakasiya'', ''Khakas Çiri''), officially the Republic of Khakassia (russian: Республика Хакасия, r=Respublika Khakasiya, ; kjh, Хакас Рес ...

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, and

Tomsk Oblast Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative ...

.Томь (река, приток Оби)

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It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The Tom flows from the

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(a northern continuation of the Altai Mountains) northward through the

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. It joins the Ob approximately north of

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. Cities on the Tom River include

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, Kemerovo,

Yurga Yurga (russian: Юрга́) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population: History It was founded in 1886. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted ...

, and

Seversk Seversk ( rus, Се́верск, p=ˈsʲevʲɪrsk) is a closed city in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tomsk on the right bank of the Tom River. Population: It was previously known as ''Pyaty Pochtovy'' (until 1949) and ''Tomsk-7'' ...

. The Aba people live near the Tom River.

Main tributaries

The largest tributaries of the Tom are, from source to mouth: * Belsu (right) *

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(right) *

Mrassu The Mrassu or Mras-Su (russian: Мрассу́Kondoma The Kondoma (russian: Ко́ндома; cjs, Қондум, ''Qondum'') is a river in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It is left tributary of the Tom. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The towns of Tashtagol, Osinniki and Kaltan are situated by th ...

(left) * Aba (left) * Verchnaya Ters (right) * Srednaya Ters (right) * Nizhnaya Ters (right) * Chernovoy Naryk (left) * Taydon (right) *

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(left) * Basandayka (right) *

Iskitim Iskitim (russian: Искити́м) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Berd River. Population: History In 1717, four villages were documented on the site of the future city: Koinovo, Shipunovo, Chernodyrovo and Vylkovo. In ...

(left) *

Ushayka The Ushayka (russian: Уша́йка) is a river in Russia, right tributary of the Tom. Its length is . It has a drainage basin of . Its source is in the Kuznetsk Alatau (a northern continuation of the Altay Mountains), and it flows through the te ...

(right)

Gallery

File:Фото0055.jpg, The Tom during the hot summer of 2012 File:Flood on Tom 2010-04-29.jpg, A record flooding of the Tom, April 29, 2010; caused by the floating of ice on the river in November 2009 File:Tom bei Tomsk.jpg, The Tom near

References

Rivers of Khakassia Rivers of Kemerovo Oblast Rivers of Tomsk Oblast {{Russia-river-stub