Kogin Toms

Kogin Toms   kogi da bakin teku mai tsafta a yankin Ocean County, New Jersey, Amurka. Kogin yana tashi a cikin Pine Barrens na arewacin gundumar Ocean, sannan ya kwarara kudu maso gabas da gabas, inda magudanan ruwa da dama ke ciyar da shi, kuma yana kwarara a cikin wani tsari mai zurfi ta cikin dausayi. Kogin yana kwarara zuwa ga Barnegat Bay - mashigar Tekun Atlantika - da kuma hanyar Ruwa ta Intracoastal a Mile 14.6. 

 Yanayin ƙasa 
Yawancin magudanar ruwan kogin Toms suna cikin New Jersey Pine Barrens . Ƙananan  na kogin wani babban magudanar ruwa ne da ake iya tafiya a cikin al'ummar Kogin Toms . Kogin yana kwarara zuwa gefen yamma na Barnegat Bay, tare da zurfin tsakiyar tashar na  . 

A   , ƙarƙashin ruwan kogin Toms shine mafi girman yankin magudanar ruwa na kowace kogi a cikin ruwan Barnegat Bay.  Ya haɗa da ƙananan hukumomi 11 a cikin Ocean County da wasu sassan kudu maso yammacin Monmouth County . Ƙananan sassan kogin suna ba da wurare masu dacewa don jiragen ruwa da kulab ɗin jiragen ruwa, da kuma sansanonin kamun kifi da kamun kifi. Su ma suna da shahara a kogin, wanda za a iya yin kwale-kwale na tsawon  . daga Don Connor Boulevard, a ƙasa da hanyar County 528 zuwa Barnegat Bay. 

 Tarihi 
Kogin Toms ya bayyana a taswirar yankin tun lokacin mulkin mallaka na New Netherland, kodayake ba a koyaushe ake kiransa da suna ba. Tunanin da aka fi sani game da shi a rubuce shine daga 1687.  Har zuwa ƙarshen shekarun 1700,  galibi ana kiransa da Goose Creek ko Goose Neck Creek. Masu zane-zane bayan mulkin mallaka sun canza tsakanin 'Goose Creek - kamar yadda aka gani a taswirar Thomas Jefferys ta 1776 Gertler, p.127. da taswirar Aaron Arrowsmith ta 1804  da Toms Creek, kamar yadda yake a Taswirar Jiha ta Mathew Carey ta 1795 ta New Jersey.  Masu zane-zane Henry Charles Carey da Isaac Lea sun yi ƙoƙarin magance duk wani rudani ta hanyar zaɓar "Goose ko Toms Cr."  a cikin taswirarsu ta 1814.  

A shekara ta 1822, Carey da Lea suka buga wani taswira tare wanda ya cire sunan Goose Creek gaba ɗaya.  Taswirorin da suka biyo baya za su yi amfani da sunan Kogin Toms. 

 Asalin Ma'anar 
Ba a san asalin sunan Toms River ba amma akwai ka'idoji da dama. A cewar marubucin tarihi Edwin Salter, waɗannan su ne:

 Wani fitaccen ɗan asalin ƙasar Amurka da ake kira "Dan Indiya Tom" ko "Thomas Pumha", wanda ke zaune a gefen arewa na kogin, a Tsibirin Heights na yanzu, ya taimaka a lokacin Yaƙin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka . Salter ya ce: 

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