Taz (river)

Taz Таз
View of the river
Mouth location in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Location
Country	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• 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)
Mouth
• location	Taz Estuary
• coordinates	67°34′46″N 78°09′34″E / 67.5794°N 78.1595°E / 67.5794; 78.1595
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	1,401 km (871 mi)
Basin size	150,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	1,450 m3/s (51,000 cu ft/s)

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).^[1] 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.

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 250-kilometer (160 mi) 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.^[2]

Its major tributaries include the Bolshaya Shirta and Khudosey from the right and the Tolka and Chaselka from the left.^[2]

• List of rivers of Russia
• Upper Taz Nature Reserve

• Media related to Taz River at Wikimedia Commons
• 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