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Also known as Taz River

river in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Yamalo-Nenets AO, Russia

Key facts

Country
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia
Location
Siberian Uvaly
Coordinates
62°37′6″N 84°09′51″E / 62.61833°N 84.16417°E / 62.61833; 84.16417
Elevation
139 m (456 ft)
Length
1,401 km (871 mi)
Basin size
150,000 km (58,000 sq mi)
Average
1,450 m /s (51,000 cu ft/s)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Continent
Asia
Image
Taz River.jpg
Length
1401
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tributary
Tununky
Commons category
Taz River
mouth of the watercourse
Kara Sea
category for the water basin
Category:Taz basin
watershed area
150000
discharge
930
different from
Taz
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Encyclopedic overview

The Taz (Russian: Таз) is a river located in western Siberia, has a length of 1,401 kilometers (871 mi) and drains a basin estimated at 150,000 square kilometers (58,000 sq mi). Its middle and lower course are located within Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, while its upper course borders with Krasnoyarsk Krai.

The now ruined city of Mangazeya was located by the Taz.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

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