Gudenå
Sign in to saveThe Gudenå or Gudenåen (), is Denmark's longest river and runs through the central parts of the Jutlandic peninsula. An anglicized version of the name often seen is 'The River Guden'.
Key facts
- River.name
- Gudenå
- River.name_other
- The Guden River, Gudenåen
- River.name_etymology
- Gudars stream, Gods stream
- River.image
- Gudenaaen.jpg
- River.image_caption
- A northward view of the River Guden close to Lake Sminge
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- Gudena watershed.png
- River.map_caption
- Map of the Gudenå watershed, upstream of Grund Fjord and Randers Fjord
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Denmark
- River.subdivision_type3
- Region
- River.subdivision_name3
- Jutland
- River.subdivision_type4
- District
- River.subdivision_name4
- Central Denmark Region
- River.subdivision_type5
- Municipalities
- River.subdivision_name5
- Hedensted, Horsens, Skanderborg, Silkeborg, Viborg, Favrskov, Randers
- River.length
- (river) 149 km (inc. Randers Fjord)
- River.source1_location
- Tinnet Krat
- River.mouth_location
- Randers Fjord
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The Gudenå or Gudenåen (), is Denmark's longest river and runs through the central parts of the Jutlandic peninsula. An anglicized version of the name often seen is 'The River Guden'.
The Gudenå has its spring in Tinnet Krat, Vejle Municipality (between Nørre Snede and Tørring-Uldum) and flows a total of to Randers Fjord in Randers, on a northward course which takes it through the central parts of Jutland. On its way, the river traverses the relatively high lying region of Søhøjlandet, through the lakes of Naldal Sø, Vestbirk Sø, Mossø, Gudensø, Rye Mølle Sø, Birksø, Julsø, Borre Sø, Brassø, Silkeborg Langsø and Sminge Sø before it empties in Randers Fjord; a long inlet of the Kattegat sea. It is fed by numerous streams and wetlands along the way.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gudenå” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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