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{{Short description|River in Omsk Oblast, Russia}}
{{Infobox river
| name              = Om
| other_name        = Омь
| image             = RiverOm2009.JPG
| image_caption     = The Om in [[Kuybyshev, Novosibirsk Oblast|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 }}
}}
The '''Om''' ({{Langx|ru|Омь}}, {{Langx|sty|Ом}}<ref name="автоссылка1">Известия Всесоюзного географического общества. 1959 г. С. 253.</ref>) is a river in the south of the Western [[Siberia]]n 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}}.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|194925|Река ОМЬ}}</ref> 

The name is probably from the word ''om'' "quiet" in the language of the [[Baraba Tatar]]s.<ref>E.M. Pospelov, ''Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira'' (Moscow, 1998), p. 310.</ref>

==Course==
The Om rises in the [[Vasyugan Swamp]] at the border of [[Novosibirsk Oblast|Novosibirsk]] and [[Tomsk Oblast|Tomsk]] [[oblast]]s. It flows mainly across the [[Baraba Lowland]] of the [[West Siberian Plain]].<ref name=bse>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article084414.html Омь], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref> 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 (Om)|Kama]] and [[Tartas (river)|Tartas]].<ref name=bse/>

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