Om (river)

{{Infobox river

| name = Om

| other_name = Омь

| image = RiverOm2009.JPG

| image_caption = The Om in Kuybyshev

| source1 =

| source1_elevation =

| mouth = Irtysh

| mouth_location =

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|54.9817|N|73.3694|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}}

| progression = {{RIrtysh}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Russia

| length = {{convert|1091|km|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|64|m3/s|abbr=on}} 121 km from the mouth

| basin_size = {{convert|52600|km2|abbr=on}}

| map = {{infobox mapframe | zoom = 5 | stroke-color = #0000ff }}

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The Om ({{Langx|ru|Омь}}, {{Langx|sty|Ом}}Известия Всесоюзного географического общества. 1959 г. С. 253.) is a river in the south of the Western Siberian plains in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Irtysh. It is {{convert|1091|km}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|52600|km2}}.{{GVR|194925|Река ОМЬ}}

The name is probably from the word om "quiet" in the language of the Baraba Tatars.E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 310.

Course

The Om rises in the Vasyugan Swamp at the border of Novosibirsk and Tomsk oblasts. It flows mainly across the Baraba Lowland of the West Siberian Plain.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article084414.html Омь], Great Soviet Encyclopedia The city of Omsk is situated at the confluence of Om and Irtysh, and Ust-Tarka at the confluence of the Om and the Tarka rivers. The main tributaries are the Icha, Kama and Tartas.

References

Category:Rivers of Novosibirsk Oblast

Category:Rivers of Omsk Oblast