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Also known as Tom River
river in Khakassia, Kemerovo Oblast, and Tomsk Oblast, Russia
Key facts
- Native name
- Томь ( Russian )
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Kemerovo Oblast , Khakassia , Tomsk Oblast
- Cities
- Seversk , Tomsk , Yurga , Kemerovo , Novokuznetsk , Mezhdurechensk
- Source
- Levaya Tom
- Location
- Khakassia
- 2nd source
- Pravaya Tom
- Mouth
- Ob
- Length
- 827 km (514 mi)
- Basin size
- 62,000 km (24,000 sq mi)
- Progression
- Ob → Kara Sea
- Left
- Mrassu , Kondoma , Aba , Chernovoy Naryk , Unga , Iskitim
- Right
- Belsu , Usa , Verchnaya Ters , Srednaya Ters , Nizhnaya Ters , Taydon , Basandayka , Ushayka
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Located in
- Khakassia
- Continent
- Asia
- Image
- Tom bei Tomsk.jpg
- Length
- 827
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- tributary
- Izas
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Tom River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Ob
- watershed area
- 62030
- discharge
- 1110
- different from
- Tom
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tom (Russian: Томь, IPA: [tomʲ]; Siberian Tatar: Том; Shor: Том) 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. It is 827 kilometres (514 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 62,000 square kilometres (24,000 sq mi).
The Tom flows from the Abakan Range (a northern continuation of the Altai Mountains) northward through the Kuznetsk Basin. It joins the Ob approximately 50 kilometers (31 mi) north of Tomsk.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.