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Karasjohka

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Also known as Kárášjohka, Kaarasjoki, Karašjåkka

, , or is a river in Finnmark county, Norway. The long river runs through Kautokeino Municipality and Karasjok Municipality. It is one of the most important rivers that drains the Finnmarksvidda plateau. It flows into the famous salmon-fishing Tana River near the Finnish village of Karigasniemi on the Norway-Finland border.

Key facts

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Kárášjokha river 3.jpg
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View of the river
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yes
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6
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Interactive map of the river
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Country
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Norway
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County
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Finnmark
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Municipalities
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Karasjok, Kautokeino
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Nuorttit Rávdojávri lake
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Kautokeino, Finnmark
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Tana River
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Karasjok, Finnmark
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Iešjohka
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Bávttajohka

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
Norway
Elevation
121
Image
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Length
166
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discharge
56.6
Commons category
Karasjokka
mouth of the watercourse
Tana
watershed area
5060
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, , or is a river in Finnmark county, Norway. The long river runs through Kautokeino Municipality and Karasjok Municipality. It is one of the most important rivers that drains the Finnmarksvidda plateau. It flows into the famous salmon-fishing Tana River near the Finnish village of Karigasniemi on the Norway-Finland border.

The river begins at the small Norwegian lake of Nuorttit Rávdojávri which lies inside the Anárjohka National Park, just inside the border with Finland. The river begins high on the Finnmarksvidda plateau and then flows north through Kautokeino and Karasjok municipalities. About west of the village of Karasjok, the river turns and heads to the east. At its confluence with the river Anarjohka, the two rivers form the Tana River. The Karasjohka river drains a watershed of . The European route E06 highway runs along the northern bank of the last of the river.

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

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