The Taz is a river located in western Siberia

Siberia

Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

, has a length of 1401 km

1 E6 m

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 (871 miles) and drains a basin estimated at 150,000 km².

The Taz River flows into the Tazovskaya Guba

Taz Estuary

The Taz Estuary is a long gulf formed by the Taz River.It consists of a roughly 250 km long estuary that begins in the area of Tazovskiy town and ends in the Gulf of Ob, which is connected with the Kara Sea...

, a roughly 250 km long estuary that begins in the area of Tazovskiy town and ends in the Gulf of Ob

Gulf of Ob

The Gulf of Ob is a gigantic bay of the Arctic Ocean, located in Northern Russia at the head the mouth of the Ob River....

. A portage

Portage

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 connects the Taz with the Turukhan river and the Yenisei.
Its major tributaries include the Bolshaya Shirta and Khudosey from the right, and the Tolka and Chaselka from the left.

Its estuary and lower course are part of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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, while its upper course borders with the Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai

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 administrative division of the Russian Federation.

External links

• Flooding: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17843
• Pictures taken by Landsat satellites showing areas in western Siberia allegedly changing due to global warming
  Global warming
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  : http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16986.
• Ethnographic data of the Taz River area:
• Bears in the Taz River area: http://szmn.sbras.ru/Vertebr/Mamcol/Carnivor/Ursidae.htm