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Shagan (Irtysh)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Shagan (Kazakh: - Şağan, Chagan), is a river in the Zhanasemey, Abai and Beskaragay districts of Abai Region, east Kazakhstan. It is a tributary of the Irtysh. The river is 275 km (171 mi) long and the area of its basin is 25,400 km2 (9, 800 sq mi).

Flows through: Kazakhstan.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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