Taz (river)

The Taz (Template:Langx) is a river located in western Siberia, has a length of Template:Convert and drains a basin estimated at Template:Convert.<ref>Russian State Water Register - Taz River</ref> 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.

Course

The Taz begins near Lake Dynda, Siberian Uvaly, a hilly area of the West Siberian Plain. It flows roughly northwestwards across largely uninhabited areas. Its mouth is in the Taz Estuary, a roughly Template:Convert long estuary that begins in the area of the settlement of Tazovsky and ends in the Gulf of Ob. A portage connects the Taz with the Turukhan and the Yenisey. There are numerous lakes in its basin, such as the Chyortovo.<ref name="ЭСБЕ"/>

Its major tributaries include the Bolshaya Shirta and Khudosey from the right and the Tolka and Chaselka from the left.<ref name="ЭСБЕ">Таз // Great Soviet Encyclopedia, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969</ref>

File:Taz River basin map.svg Drainage basin of the Taz River. It flows into the Taz Estuary which is the large eastern arm of the Gulf of Ob.

File:Kara sea 3TE.PNG Location of the Taz estuary within Siberia.

See also

• List of rivers of Russia
• Upper Taz Nature Reserve

External links

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• Flooding
• Pictures taken by Landsat showing areas in western Siberia allegedly changing owing to global warming
• Ethnographic data of the Taz River area
• Bears in the Taz River area