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Also known as Eskilstuna River, Torshällaån, Torshälla River

Eskilstunaån (Eskilstuna River) is a small river in Sweden, length 32 km, running through the city of Eskilstuna and the town of Torshälla in Södermanland County. The river drains Lake Hjälmaren into Lake Mälaren. It is by local custom alternatively referred to as Torshällaån (Torshälla River) in its lower course from Torshälla to Lake Mälaren.

Key facts

River.name
Eskilstunaån
River.name_other
Torshällaån
River.image
Eskistunaån Eskilstuna.JPG
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Sweden
River.subdivision_type3
County
River.subdivision_name3
Södermanland County
River.subdivision_type5
Municipality
River.subdivision_name5
Eskilstuna Municipality
River.length_km
32
River.source1
Hjälmaren
River.mouth
Mälaren
River.basin_size_km2
4187

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Sweden
Image
Eskistunaån Eskilstuna.JPG
Length
20
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Commons category
Eskilstunaån
origin of the watercourse
Hjälmaren
watershed area
4183
discharge
24
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Eskilstunaån (Eskilstuna River) is a small river in Sweden, length 32 km, running through the city of Eskilstuna and the town of Torshälla in Södermanland County. The river drains Lake Hjälmaren into Lake Mälaren. It is by local custom alternatively referred to as Torshällaån (Torshälla River) in its lower course from Torshälla to Lake Mälaren.

Eskilstuna and Torshälla Canal was completed in its present form in 1860 to connect Lake Mälaren with the industrial city of Eskilstuna through Eskilstunaån, and three locks which circumvent the rapids in Eskilstuna and Torshälla. Due to the building of low bridges in the 1960s it is currently only partially navigable between Lake Mälaren and Eskilstuna for vessels with low clearance.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eskilstunaån” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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