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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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.
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