Om (river)

Om
Омь
The Om in Kuybyshev
Map
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthIrtysh
 • coordinates
54°58′54″N 73°22′10″E / 54.9817°N 73.3694°E / 54.9817; 73.3694
Length1,091 km (678 mi)
Basin size52,600 km2 (20,300 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average64 m3/s (2,300 cu ft/s) 121 km from the mouth
Basin features
ProgressionIrtysh→ Ob→ Kara Sea

The Om (Russian: Омь) is a river in the south of the Western Siberian plains in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Irtysh. It is 1,091 kilometres (678 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 52,600 square kilometres (20,300 sq mi).[1]

The name is probably from the word om "quiet" in the language of the Baraba Tatars.[2]

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.[3] 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Река ОМЬ in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 310.
  3. ^ a b Омь, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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