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
- Image
- Taz River.jpg
- Length
- 1401
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- Taz River
- watershed area
- 150000
- discharge
- 930
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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.
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Russia
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Russian
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Siberia
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geographic coordinate system
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Krasnoyarsk Krai
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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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Yenisey
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tributary
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Alexander Prokhorov
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river mouth
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West Siberian Plain
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Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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Gulf of Ob
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list of rivers of Russia
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Taz Estuary
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Mangazeya
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Turukhan
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Tazovsky
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Siberian ridges
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Khudosey
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