| Shagan | |
| Other Name: | Шаған |
| Source1 Location: | Obshchy Syrt |
| Mouth: | Ural |
| Mouth Location: | near Oral |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 51.1758°N 51.3494°W |
| Length: | 264km (164miles) |
| Basin Size: | 7530km2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan#Russia Orenburg Oblast |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location |
The Shagan (kk|Шаған|Şağan in Kazakh pronounced as /ʃɑˈʁɑn/; Russian: Шаган|p=ʂɐˈgan) is a river in the West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan, and in Orenburg Oblast, Russia.[1]
It is a tributary of the Ural. The river is long, and has a drainage basin of .[2]
Its name may be derived either from the Tatar word for 'maple', or from the Kalmyk word for 'white'. Among the Kazakhs, the river is also known as Aksu ('White Water').[3] [4]
