The Taz (russian: Таз) is a river located in western
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
, has a length of and drains a basin estimated at .
Russian State Water Register - Taz River
/ref> Its middle and lower course are located within Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO; russian: Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг (ЯНАО), ; yrk, Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ) or Yamalia (russian: Ямалия) is a fed ...
, while its upper course borders with Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...
.
The now ruined city of Mangazeya
Mangazeya (russian: Мангазе́я) was a Northwest Siberian trans-Ural trade colony and later city in the 17th century. Founded in 1600 by Cossacks from Tobolsk, it was situated on the Taz River, between the lower courses of the Ob and Yen ...
was located by the Taz.
Course
The Taz begins near Lake Dynda
Lake Dynda () is a freshwater lake in Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The lake is located in the Upper Taz Nature Reserve.
Geography
The lake lies in the basin of the Taz river, close to its source, and near the basin of the Yelo ...
, Siberian Uvaly
Siberian Uvaly (russian: Сибирские Увалы) is a hilly region in the central part of the West Siberian Plain, Russia.
A sector of the hills is a protected area under the name Upper Taz Nature Reserve, which was established in Decembe ...
, a hilly area of the West Siberian Plain
The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...
. It flows roughly northwestwards across largely uninhabited areas. Its mouth is in the Taz Estuary
The Taz Estuary (russian: Тазовская губа) is a long gulf formed by the Taz River. It consists of a roughly long estuary that begins in the area of the settlement of Tazovsky and ends in the Gulf of Ob, which is connected with ...
, a roughly long estuary that begins in the area of the settlement of Tazovsky and ends in the Gulf of Ob
The Gulf of Ob ( (russian: Обская губа, Obskaya guba; also known as ''Bay of Ob'', russian: Обский залив, Obsky zaliv, link=no) is a bay of the Arctic Ocean, located in Northern Russia at the mouth of the Ob River. . A portage
Portage or portaging (Canada: ; ) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. A path where items are regularly carried between bodies of water is also called a ...
connects the Taz with the Turukhan
The Turukhan () is a river in northern Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. It is a southeast-flowing left tributary of the Yenisey. The river is long. The area of its basin is . The Turukhan freezes up in October and stays under the ice until late May ...
and the Yenisey
The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...
. There are numerous lakes in its basin, such as the Chyortovo.tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...
include the Bolshaya Shirta Bolshaya (Russian language for "big") may refer to:
* Bolshaya, Arkhangelsk, a village
* Bolshaya chistka, "Great Purge", the 1936–1938 Soviet purge
* Bolshaya Izhora, an urban locality in the Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast
* Bolsha ...
and Khudosey
The Khudosey (russian: Худосей) is a river in the West Siberian Plain, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Taz. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Course
Its source is in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and after about down ...
from the right and the Tolka and Chaselka from the left.[''Таз'' // ]Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...
, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Soviet-Russian physicist known ...
. - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969
See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ...
*Upper Taz Nature Reserve
Upper Taz Nature Reserve (russian: Верхне-Тазовский заповедник) (also Verkhne-Tazovsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) at the geographic center of the Russia Empire. It is on the upper reaches of the Ta ...
References
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Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Rivers of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug