The Tom ( rus, Томь, p=tomʲ, cjs, Том) is a river in
Russia
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, a
right tributary of the
Ob in Central
Siberia. Its
watershed
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
lies within the
Republic of Khakassia,
Kemerovo Oblast, and
Tomsk Oblast.
[Томь (река, приток Оби)]
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It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The Tom flows from the
Abakan Range (a northern continuation of the
Altai Mountains) northward through the
Kuznetsk Basin. It joins the Ob approximately north of
Tomsk.
Cities on the Tom River include
Mezhdurechensk
Mezhdurechensk (russian: Междуреченск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast, a city in Kemerovo Oblast; administratively incorporated as a city under oblast jurisd ...
,
Novokuznetsk,
Kemerovo,
Yurga,
Tomsk, and
Seversk.
The
Aba people live near the Tom River.
Main tributaries
The largest tributaries of the Tom are, from source to mouth:
[
* Belsu (right)
* Usa (right)
* Mrassu (left)
* ]Kondoma
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 the ...
(left)
* Aba (left)
* Verchnaya Ters (right)
* Srednaya Ters (right)
* Nizhnaya Ters (right)
* Chernovoy Naryk (left)
* Taydon (right)
* Unga
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(left)
* Basandayka (right)
* Iskitim (left)
* Ushayka (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 Tomsk
References
Rivers of Khakassia
Rivers of Kemerovo Oblast
Rivers of Tomsk Oblast
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