Tom (river)
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The Tom (Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx; 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.
Main tributariesEdit
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)
GalleryEdit
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The Tom during the hot summer of 2012
- 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
- Tom bei Tomsk.jpg
The Tom near Tomsk