On its banks are such wonderful cities as Tomsk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Mezhdurechensk, Yurga and Seversk - a little-known closed town hidden behind barbed wire. The length of the river is approximately 830 km, and the width of its opening in some places reaches 3 km. It is believed that the name Tom was coined by the Kets, an ancient Siberian people, and literally means “main river” or even “center of life.” Perhaps no Russian body of water has as many amazing legends as there are about her - about Tom. Let's give one of the most interesting stories and tell you about the possibilities of fishing on the river.
The Legend of Tom and Ushaya
On the high bank of the Siberian river stood the well-fortified town of the brave Toyan, the prince of the Eushta people. Toyan had a son, who was named Ushay. From childhood he grew up as a skilled and fearless warrior. No one could compete with him in cross-country skiing and archery. Not far from the town of Toyana, near a tributary of the river, Prince Basandai lived with his large tribe. And the prince had a daughter named Toma. Many warriors dreamed of marrying her, but Basandai wanted to give her as a wife to the great Siberian Khan. One day, Ushay was chasing an elk in the forest and accidentally ran into the lands of Basandai, where the beautiful princess Toma was walking at that time. The glorious warrior was completely smitten by the beauty and charm of the girl, and Tom was impressed by Ushai’s agility and strength. And they fell in love with each other with all their souls. Since then, Toma and Ushay began to meet in a clearing, where Basandai found them during their next date. The prince became angry and expelled the poor Ushai from his lands in disgrace. In desperation, Toma ran to the river, near which her lover lived, and threw herself into it. Since then, this river has been called Toma (or Tomyu).
This is such a beautiful and at the same time sad legend. By the way, the names of the characters were not invented without reason, because the Ushaika and Basandaika rivers are major tributaries of the Tom.
Both the river itself and its tributaries (and especially the mouth) are quite suitable for fishing. Pike, grayling, perch and burbot are found here. In some places, mainly in autumn, you can catch taimen. However, its population has been declining sharply recently. Of the white varieties of fish, roach is often found, and in some places bream.
They prefer to fish with spinning gear. Fly fishing is more suitable for catching grayling - although this fish is not very large, it is not at all easy to catch. It is better to catch pike in deeper places, where the current level is significantly reduced. The Tom River is of great interest to taimen lovers. This fish is quite dexterous and resourceful, but closer to autumn it develops a beastly appetite, making it much easier to lure it. It is best to use a spinning rod and a bait in the form of a small “mouse”, because small rodents are the main prey of especially large representatives.
The Tom River is suitable for both winter and summer, but in the warm season this fish is not particularly active. To catch it, they mainly use ordinary donks, and the bite begins closer to night. In winter, burbot is caught with a fishing rod, and pieces of fish or a lead cone-shaped jig are used as bait.
The Tom River is surrounded by pebble and rocky banks. And only some areas with access to water are suitable for recreation and fishing in the summer. However, due to the high level, swimming in the river is prohibited.
Thus, Tom is a river with a rich and interesting history. And the possibility of year-round fishing makes it especially attractive among avid fishermen.
The largest river in the Kemerovo region, the Tom River, proudly and majestically flows through the Kuznetsk basin. This is not just a river, but a majestic right tributary of the mighty Siberian river called OB. The Tom originates on the swampy western slope of the Abakan ridge. There is a well-known statement by linguists about the origin of the name: the word “TOOM” translated from Ket means “river” and “dark”, i.e. dark river.
In the upper reaches of the Tom, wading over rapids and riffles, it behaves like a purely mountain river with a turbulent current. Along the banks of the river you can often find a lot of rocky cliffs overgrown with taiga. In total, about 115 tributaries flow into the Tom. The largest of them are Mras-Su, Usa, Kondoma, Ters, Taydon, Unga. After tributaries flow into it, the river becomes full-flowing, gradually calms its flow, and the banks become flatter and more accessible. The Tom turns into a typical lowland river with a majestic, calm flow and stunning natural scenery along the banks. This is how it flows into the Ob. The total length of the river is 827 km. The food is mixed, mainly snow and soil, 25-40% comes from precipitation.
Like all Siberian rivers, it freezes in early to mid-November. The freeze-up lasts until the end of April, when the Tom wakes up from winter hibernation, becomes cluttered with ice hummocks, and the water level in some years can rise to 8 meters.
Along the coast there are beautiful Siberian cities - Mezhdurechensk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Yurga, Tomsk, etc.
Tom is of great economic importance. Various projects were built regarding the river. Many turned out to be unpromising and were forgotten. For example, at the end of the 1960s, work began on connecting Tom and Ob with a shipping canal. This was supposed to shorten the distance between the cities of Tomsk and Novosibirsk by several tens of kilometers. In addition, Tomsk would be provided with cleaner drinking water. In 1975, construction began on another structure - the Krapivinskaya hydroelectric power station near the village of Zelenogorsky. The project also turned out to be unprofitable and, in addition, harmful to the environment.
Now the river attracts people not only with its beautiful landscapes, but also with the opportunity to relax and enrich their inner world. Not far from the city of Kemerovo there is a unique historical corner of nature and history - “Tomsk Pisanitsa”, the main attraction of which is a steep cliff with ancient drawings of primitive people. The age of the petroglyphs, or “pisanits” as they are called here, is approximately six thousand years. There are about 300 such petroglyphs on the rock.
In the floodplain of the river there are dachas, garden plots, camps and recreation centers. You can have good fishing here, because the river is home to ide, roach, pike, perch, and pike-perch.
Tom quenches the thirst of cities and towns, industrial and agricultural enterprises, it is a transport route and a source of electricity.
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The Tom River is a river in Western Siberia, the right tributary of the Ob. flows through the territory of three constituent entities of the Russian Federation - Khakassia, Kemerovo and Tomsk regions. The length of the river is 827 km (according to some sources 798 km). The height difference from the source to the mouth is 1185 m. The source of the Tom is located on the territory of Khakassia, on the western slopes of the Abakan ridge. Most of the Tom River flows through the Kemerovo region, being its main water artery. The mouth of the Tom is located in the Tomsk region, 45 km from the city of Tomsk. At the mouth, the river spills into several channels, forming Pushkarev Island with the Ob.
Geographical location of Tom
Source of Tom
The source of the Tom River is located on the territory of the Republic of Khakassia. The river originates on the western slopes of the Abakan ridge (a mountain range, part of the Western Sayan mountain system) in its northern part, almost at the junction with the Kuznetsk Alatau.
The Tom River has two sources. The source of the Left Tom is formed on Mount Karlygan (maximum height - 1747 meters). Many streams flow into a small clear ravine on the southwestern slope of Karlygan, here they merge into a single stream called the Left Tom.
The source of the Right Tom is the main and longest source of the Tom River. It is formed on Mount Kaskylakh (maximum height - 1440 meters). On the southern slope of Kaskylakha, at an altitude of 1200 meters, there is a swamp. From this swamp in a spruce-birch grove a stream comes to the surface, and thus the source of the Right Tom is born.
Flowing down the slopes of the Abakan ridge, the Right and Left Toms merge into the Tom River at approximately an altitude of 903 meters. Also, many small rivers and streams flow into the Tom, in the area of its sources, increasing its flow.
Tom in the lower reaches
In the area of the city of Novokuznetsk, one of its left tributaries, the Kondoma River (427 km), flows into the Tom. The upper reaches of the Tom are the distance from the source to the mouth of the Kondoma. In this section, the length of the river is 267 kilometers.
In the upper reaches of the Tom, for 213 kilometers, it passes through the mountainous regions of the Republic of Khakassia and the south of the Alatau-Shorsky highlands of the Kemerovo region. In this section the river flow has a mountainous character. The river valley is narrow and deeply incised, the height of the sides reaches 150-200 meters. The current speed is fast - up to 2.1 meters per second. The riverbed is replete with rapids and rocky rifts. The depth of the river at the riffles does not exceed 35 centimeters.
When crossing the border of the Republic of Khakassia and the Kemerovo region and further to the mouth of the Teba River, the width of the Tom is 50-100 meters, the depth is from 1 to 1.7 meters. The river valley remains narrow with steep sides reaching a height of up to 1000 meters; there is no floodplain. The current speed is 2.8 meters per second.
From the mouth of the Teba to Novokuznetsk, the width of the channel increases to 120-300 meters, the width of the river valley reaches 1.5-2 kilometers. The current speed decreases to 1.5-2 meters per second.
After the confluence of the Tom with its two large tributaries, the Usa (179 km) - Mezhdurechensk region and Mrassu (350 km) - Myski region, the river becomes wider and full-flowing. The width of the channel is 200-400 meters, the flow speed is 1 m/s. The right bank of the river remains steep, the left becomes flat.
From the mouth of the Mrassu River, the Tom crosses the border of mountain ranges with the Kuznetsk Basin and acquires a flatter flow pattern, islands appear in the river bed, and on the reaches the flow speed decreases to -0.1 - 0.3 m/s. Further, the Tom absorbs about a dozen smaller tributaries; after the confluence of the Kondoma River, it finally acquires the character of a lowland river. From the mouth of the Kondoma to the city of Yurga - the middle reaches of the Tom.
Tom River in the middle reaches
From the city of Novokuznetsk to the city of Tomsk - Tom, a typical flat river with a slow and leisurely flow. Flowing through the Kemerovo region, the river collects the bulk of the region's watershed.
Tom River in the upper reaches
Starting from Tomsk, the river becomes wide-flooded, in some places its depth can reach 10 meters. After Tomsk, the river is often divided into branches and channels.
Mouth of the Tom. Where does the Tom River flow?
The mouth of the Tom River is located 45 kilometers from the city of Tomsk. Here the Tom River flows into the Ob River, being one of its main tributaries.
Tom River basin
The Tom River basin is part of the Republic of Khakassia, part of the Altai Territory and the Altai Republic, a small part of the Novosibirsk and Tomsk regions, as well as a large part of the Kemerovo region. The main drainage basin of the Tom River is the south of the Kemerovo region, namely the Mountain Shoria mountains.
Scheme of the Tom River. Tom River basin on the map:
Fauna and flora of the Tom River.
Fauna of Tom. Fish Tomi
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The fauna of the Tom River is represented by a fairly large variety of fish. Once there were up to 29 species of fish here, but due to climate change and human activity, the river bed has become significantly shallower. Another colossal problem was the pollution of the Tom River. All this together contributed to a reduction in the river's fish stocks. However, recently there has been a significant improvement in the environmental situation. Waste dumping has virtually ceased, gravel mining has been reduced and shipping has been virtually suspended. Polluted by industrial wastewater, the Tom River is gradually being cleaned up and fish species such as grayling, lenok, taimen, sturgeon, peled, sterlet, some of which are in the Red Book, are returning to its waters.
However, it is worth noting that many of them have not restored their former population, and therefore are under protection. But do not despair, as perch, pike, crucian carp, pike perch, ide, chebak, minnow, burbot, loach, whitefish, and dace are also found here. Fishing in the waters of the Tom River will never be boring for spinning anglers, fly fishers and float fishermen. No one will leave without a catch. You just need to find the right place to fish. Experienced fishermen say that the most suitable places are where tributaries flow into the river.
Flora on the coastal territory of Tom
Along the bed of the Tom River you can find many unique and incredibly beautiful places: here there is taiga, rocky shores, confluences with smaller rivers. Due to the diversity of topography and climate, the banks of the Tom River are distinguished by variegated soil cover. In turn, this could not but affect the diversity of the flora of this area. On the mountain peaks near Tom grow plants characteristic of such natural zones as tundra and alpine meadow, and the lowlands and midlands are filled with fir and aspen forests. The foothills and intermontane basins are represented by the vegetation of steppes and forest-steppes. All forests where the Tom River flows can be divided into two types: coniferous and deciduous. The main forest-forming species of coniferous forests are pine, spruce, cedar, and fir. Dark coniferous forests are usually called black taiga because of the dark color of the needles that the trees have. As for deciduous trees, willow, linden, rowan, aspen and birch predominate here. The southern forest-steppe is characterized by grasses: wormwood, fescue, feather grass, sainfoin, tonkonog, wormwood. As a rule, they grow in ravines and wastelands. In addition, in the forest-steppes and forests near the coastal territory of the Tom River, a large number of fruit and berry bushes and mushrooms grow.
Hydroposts on the Tom River.
Hydroposts on the Tom River are located in the cities of Tomsk, Yurga, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Mezhdurechensk, and the town of Krapivino.
The speed of the Tom River current.
The speed of the Tom's current varies from 0.3 m/s to 3 m/s. In the upper reaches of the Tom, the current speed can reach 3 m/s, in the Novokuznetsk area 0.5 ms, in the Tomsk area 0.3 m/s. The average current speed is considered to be 0.33 m/s.
Bridge crossings on the Tom River
Railway bridges
Two railway bridges on the Trans-Siberian Railway near the city of Yurga.
Railway bridge in Kemerovo
Polosukhinsky Bridge - bypassing the city of Novokuznetsk
Railway bridge near Novokuznetsk-Severny station
Chebolsinsky Bridge in Mezhdurechensk
Tomusinsky Bridge in Novokuznetsk
Road bridges
Seversky Bridge. Located on the border of the cities of Seversk and Tomsk.
Communal Bridge. Located in the Kirovsky district of Tomsk.
Kuznetsky Bridge in Kemerovo.
Kuzbass Bridge in Kemerovo.
An unfinished bridge over the dam of the unfinished Krapivinskaya hydroelectric power station near the village of Zelenogorsky
Ilyinsky Bridge - connects the Ilyinsky and Zavodskoy districts of Novokuznetsk.
Kuznetsky Bridge - connects the Central and Kuznetsky districts of Novokuznetsk
Baidaevsky Bridge is the southern entrance to Novokuznetsk. Connects Novokuznetsk with the cities of Myski and Mezhdurechensk.
Zapsibovsky Bridge - connects the Central and Zavodskoy districts of Novokuznetsk
Ferry crossings
Ferry near the village of Zelenogorsky.
Ferry in the village of Saltymakovo.
Ferry between the city of Yurga and the village of Polomoshnoye.
Pontoon bridge
The pontoon bridge in Yurga is the longest pontoon bridge in Russia. Length 720 meters.
Sights on the Tom River
Anikin stone.
A small cliff on the Tom River, located in the Tomsk region, 6 kilometers from the border with the Kemerovo region. It is a natural monument of regional significance. It is an outcrop of bedrock to the surface. Read more about Anikin's stone here.
Stone Fighter.
A protruding stone cape on the Tom River. Located in the Tomsk region near the village of Yarskoye, Tomsk district. Natural monument of regional significance. It is a stone cape protruding 3 meters above the water. You can read more about the Fighter Stone here.
Sadat Stone.
A large rock formation on the bank of the Tom River in the Tisulsky district of the Kemerovo region. You can read more about the Sadat Stone here.
Blue Cliff.
Blue rock formation on the bank of the Tom River. Located in the Tomsk region near the village of Kolarovo. Natural monument of regional significance. It is an outcrop of bedrock with a length of 3 km. If you look at it from a distance, the cliff appears bluish-blue.
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Camp Garden
A park in the city of Tomsk on the steep high bank of the Tom River. The park offers stunning panoramic views of the Tom River floodplain.
Ob-Tom interfluve.
Region in Siberia, located between Tom and Ob. It lies on the territory of the Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions. There are three natural reserves located in the interfluve.
Tutal rocks.
A picturesque outcrop of rocks on the bank of the Tom River in the Yashkinsky district of the Kemerovo region. On some rocks you can see ancient writings. Read more about Tutal Rocks here.
Tomsk writing.
A museum-reserve on the banks of the Tom River, which includes ancient drawings carved on rock formations on the very bank of the river. Located in the Yashkinsky district of the Kemerovo region.
Cities and towns on the Tom River
Cities on the Tom River
Mezhdurechensk, Myski, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Yurga, Tomsk, Seversk.
Villages and towns on the Tom River
Teba, Mayzas, Borodino, Atamanovo, Osinovoye Pleso, Saltymakovo, Zelenogorsky, Krapivinsky, Sheveli, Berezovo, Kolmogorovo, Pacha, Novoromanovo, Mokhovo, Zeledeevo, Kurlek, Moryakovsky Zaton, Samus, Orlovka
Large tributaries of the Tom
Kondoma, Mrassu, Usa, Lower Ters, Middle Ters, Upper Ters. Taydon, Terensug, Strelina, Iskitim, Belsu, Lebyazhya, Basandaika, Ushaika, Tutuyas, Aba.
Rest on the Tom River in sanatoriums and recreation centers
Along the Tom River there are a large number of camp sites and holiday homes.
Tourist complex "Vostok". Located near the city of Mezhdurechensk, on the banks of the Tom River. Accommodation in comfortable rooms with private amenities. Offers vacationers an active holiday; there are tennis courts, volleyball and football courts on site. There is a SPA salon and restaurant on site.
Recreation center "Pritomye". Located near the city of Kemerovo, on the banks of the Tom River. Offers guests rooms with amenities located in the main building, as well as accommodation in comfortable all-season houses. On the territory there are sports grounds, a bathhouse, a sauna, and a restaurant. Sports equipment rental is available.
Recreation center "Elykaevskaya Sloboda". Located near the city of Kemerovo in a pine forest, on the banks of the Tom River. Offers guests accommodation in cottages with all amenities. There is a mini-zoo, a bathhouse, a children's playground, and sports equipment rental on site.
Active recreation center "Cosmos". Located near Kemerovo, on the banks of the Tom River. Guests are offered rooms of varying degrees of comfort. On the territory there is a bathhouse, a paintball court, and a sports ground.
Eco-camping “Round House”. Located 30 kilometers from Kemerovo, next to the Tomsk Pisanitsa museum-reserve, on the banks of the Tom. Vacationers are offered accommodation in real yurts. On the territory there is a bathhouse, gazebos, a summer kitchen, and a playground.
Cottage complex "Shirli-myrli". Located near the city of Tomsk in a pine forest, on the banks of the Tom River. Accommodation in wooden cottages with all amenities. On the territory there are gazebos with barbecues, a sauna, a swimming pool, billiards, and table tennis.
Rest on Tom as a savage
On the Tom River you can find a large number of good places for savages to relax. The left bank of the Tom from Mezhdurechensk to Novokuznetsk is especially popular among vacationing residents of the South of Kuzbass. In summer it is full of vacationers. Those who like to spend several days in a tent on the river bank are located from the village of Atamanovo to Myski. Those who like to come to the river for one day have chosen the banks of the Tom near Novokuznetsk and Mezhdurechensk.
Beaches on Tom
Beaches on the Tom are mainly located in cities located on this river.
Beaches of Tomsk
In the area of the city of Tomsk and its environs on Tom you can visit the following beaches: city beach Semeykin Island, beach in Lagerny Garden, Blue Cliff beach, Surovsky beach, Second Surovsky beach
Beaches of Kemerovo
Within the city of Kemerovo and its surroundings on the coastline of Tom there are several beaches: the beach at the boat station, the beach in the village of Zhuravlevo, the Chaika beach, the Pritomskaya recreation area, and the Berendey beach.
Beaches of Novokuznetsk
There are two beaches in Novokuznetsk on Tom: Levoberezhny beach and Studencheskiy beach.
Economic use of the Tom River.
The Tom, as a tributary of the Ob, plays an important economic role in its regions. The river is used as a drinking, fishing and sanitary reservoir.
If we consider the first point of the economic use of Tom, then we can safely say that the composition of the water in its biological and chemical properties is extremely close to the most unique sources of fresh water. River water has no foreign tastes, odors, or colors. Thus, Tom is a large, and most importantly clean source of water supply in several regions of Russia.
The Dragoon water intake of the Tom River is also of great economic importance. Located near the village of Atamanovo, it is actively used by the Novokuznetsk water utility.
Regarding fisheries, the river is also the breadwinner of the Tomsk and Kemerovo regions. Large-sized bream, carp, pike, perch, and pike perch are found in Tom and its water intakes.
Over the past five-year period, the level of processing of fish products has increased by 2.5 times, the volume of fish caught by 7.5 times, and the number of fish farms by 10 times, which indicates the intensive development of this industry.
In addition, Tom has prospects for fishing and hunting tourism, which entails the construction of appropriate infrastructure. This will ultimately also bring considerable profit to the regions.
In the middle of the 20th century, it was proposed to combine the channels of two rivers: the Ob and Tom, to create a shipping canal. This canal was supposed to become a short transport route for ships traveling along the Novosibirsk-Tomsk route. By the way, navigation on the river also plays an important role in the economic life of the Tomsk region. Previously, navigation on the river was open from the mouth to Novokuznetsk, and now to Tomsk.
The mining industry also reached Tom. A sand and gravel mixture is being extracted from a riverbed near the regional center of the Tomsk region, even though this has reduced the water level by more than 2 meters and exposed a rocky threshold in the riverbed.
A huge number of enterprises located in the Tom basin use the river’s energy resources for personal purposes, often dumping production waste into the reservoir. For example, industrial Kuzbass.
The Tom River was supposed to become one of the suppliers of electricity in the Kemerovo region, hosting the Krapivinskaya hydroelectric power station on its bank, but this project was frozen in 1989, with no prospects for resuming construction.
In the upper reaches, before the Mras-su tributary flows into it, the Tom behaves like a typical mountain river. There are often rapids and mountain rifts. The banks of the river here are rocky and covered with taiga forest. Passing through the Kuznetsk Basin, the river calms down a little, and access to the banks becomes more accessible. In its lower reaches, the Tom turns into a typically flat river, and slowly carrying its waters flows into the Ob.
River length: 827 km
Drainage basin area: 62,030 km. sq.
Average water flow at the mouth: 1110 m3/s. The annual flow is 35.0 km3/year
Tom originates on the western slopes of the Abakan ridge, in the Khakassian Autonomous Region of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. It flows mainly through the territory of the Kemerovo region. It flows into the Ob in the Tomsk region.
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River mode
Nutrition: the river has mixed nutrition. 25-40% comes from non-precipitation, 35-55% from melted snow and 25-35% from ground nutrition.
Freezing: Freeze-up on the river lasts from the beginning of November until the end of April.
The river regime is characterized by spring floods (from April to June). Fluctuations in water level during flood periods can reach 8 meters. The minimum water level in the river is observed from December to March. The speed of the river in flat areas is on average 0.4 m/sec; on riffles it increases to 1.75 m/sec.
Main tributaries: About 115 tributaries flow into the Tom. The main ones are: Mras-Su, Usa, Kondoma, Lower Ters, Middle Ters, Upper Ters, Taydon, Unga.
The following cities are located on the Tom River: Mezhdurechensk, Novokuznetsk, Krapivinsky, Kemerovo, Yurga, Tomsk, Seversk.
Interesting Facts:
1) Various projects for the economic use of the river were proposed, but many of them remained on paper or unfinished. For example, at the end of the 1960s they wanted to connect Tom and Ob with a shipping canal. You may ask: “Why, the Tom flows into the Ob anyway?” According to the plans of the project creators, the construction of the canal was supposed to shorten the distance between the cities of Tomsk and Novosibirsk by several tens of kilometers. In addition, Tomsk was able to receive water with a purer composition from the Ob. In 1975, construction began on a less extravagant structure - the Krapivinskaya hydroelectric power station near the village of Zelenogorsky. But in 1989 construction was frozen.
2) 45 km. from Kemerovo there is a museum-reserve “Tomsk Pisanitsa”. Its main attraction is a huge steep rock with ancient drawings of primitive people. The age of the petroglyphs, or “pisanits” as they are called here, is approximately six thousand years. There are about 300 such petroglyphs on the rock.
Photo: sheer cliff on the river bank.
Video, rafting on the Tom River:
Video slideshow, journey from Novokuznetsk to Zelenogorsk along the river.
And finally. Amateur video: “Tom has started moving, spring ice is drifting.”
The western slope of the Abakan Range is the birthplace of one of the largest tributaries of the Ob River - the river. Tom, 827 km long. In the upper reaches, until the Mrassu tributary flows into the Tom, the river is characterized as typically mountainous. The rocky banks of the Tom are covered with taiga forest.
The area of the Tomi drainage basin is 62,030 square meters. km. During periods of flood, the water level can rise up to 8 meters. The main sources of the river's nutrition are precipitation and melted snow (up to 70%), groundwater fills the river by 25-30%.
Many riffles and rapids attract rafting enthusiasts here. After passing through the Kuznetsk Basin, the river gradually becomes calmer and in the lower reaches it manifests itself as a leisurely flat current, gradually carrying water into the Ob.
Fishing and relaxation on the Tom River
Tom is home to a large variety of fish and other aquatic animals. According to natural and historical characteristics, this river is classified as a salmon-type reservoir. In the recent past, the river was inhabited by 29 species of salmon, carp, cod, and sculpin. However, the negative impact of humans polluting the waters of the Tom River with industrial and household waste has affected a significant reduction in their quantity.
Despite this, gudgeon, ide, burbot, ruffe, bream, perch and others feel quite comfortable in the waters of the Tom River. The river is of great commercial importance, so it is very important to maintain the cleanliness of this reservoir.
A feature of the banks of the Tom River, which has historical significance, are ancient rock paintings of primitive inhabitants. This evidence of human existence dates back about 6,000 years. You can admire this attraction at the Tomsk Pisanitsa Museum-Reserve, located 45 km away. from the city of Kemerovo.
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