River
Taz
1,401 km from source to mouth · Russia.
RussiaFlows into Kara Sea
In numbers
Length
1,401km
Average flow
930m³/s
Basin
150,000km²
Drop
203m
from 111 m to -92 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
1,401 km of river and 3 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 111 m
- 288 kmGubkinskiy20,463 people
- 296 kmPurpe9,099 people
- 522 kmUrengoy9,355 people
- 745 kmKara Seaat -92 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Yamalo-Nenets AO, Russia
At the mouth it carries 930 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 2.7 seconds. It drops from 111 m to -92 m, 0.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 150,000 km², about the size of BD. 85,000 people live in it. Highest water, with the snowmelt: from June to September; lowest: from January to April. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- GubkinskiyLargest city on its banks · 20,463 people
- Noyabrsk Airport (NOJ)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 152 km from the city
- On the water2 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- JulyThe best months to visit
Taz, month by month
Highest water: from June to September
Lowest water: from January to April. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from October to April. Melting snow makes up much of its water. Best months to visit: July.
From about 860 m³/s in the lowest month to 2,700 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
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The basin
Taz: the basin in numbers
111,252 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 85,000people live in the basin
- 1/km²people per km²
- 55maverage altitude of the basin
- 498mmof rain a year (basin average)
- -6.3°Caverage air temperature
- 3%protected areas
- 4.0%covered by lakes
- 61%permafrost
What covers the basin
- 22% Forest
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Taz: what you find on the way
- 2Ferry piers
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
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Taz in our other atlases
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Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Taz in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (91)
Also: Khudosey, Bolshaya Shirta, Tolka, Pokolka, Varka-Sylyky, Chaselka, Yuredey-Yakha, Ratta, Parusovaya, Pyakal'ky, Vatylka, Korylyky, Khetyl'ki, Schipalky, Limbya-Yakha, Veyarmolky, Pechal'ky, Shenobe-Yakha, Togolylyky, Luky-Yakha, Panchet-Ky, Bol'shaya Totydeottayakha, Varga-Kytal'-Ky, Dyndovsky Taz
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q81555) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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