Klarälven
Sign in to saveKlarälven ("The clear river" in Swedish) is a river flowing through Sweden and Norway. Together with Göta älv, which it is called as the river has passed through the lake Vänern, thus regarded as an entity, Göta älv—Klarälven is the longest river in Scandinavia and in the Nordic countries and its Swedish part is the longest river of Sweden. These two rivers also have the largest drainage basin in the same areas, including all the rivers that run into Vänern, of which is located in Sweden and in Norway.
Key facts
- River.name
- Klarälven
- River.image
- Sola i Karlstad.JPG
- River.image_size
- 200px
- River.image_caption
- Sola i Karlstad statue
- River.map
- Map klarälven.tif
- River.map_caption
- Topographic map of Klarälven river, where the area for the drainage basin for Klarälven is highlighted.
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Sweden, Norway
- River.subdivision_type3
- County
- River.source1
- Rogen and Femund
- River.mouth
- Vänern
- River.mouth_location
- Karlstad
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Has part
- Trysilelva
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Torsby Municipality
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Klarälven vid Stackerud - KMB - 16000300030413.jpg
- Length
- 460
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- Commons category
- Klarälven
- mouth of the watercourse
- Vänern
- watershed area
- 11800
- discharge
- 165
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Klarälven ("The clear river" in Swedish) is a river flowing through Sweden and Norway. Together with Göta älv, which it is called as the river has passed through the lake Vänern, thus regarded as an entity, Göta älv—Klarälven is the longest river in Scandinavia and in the Nordic countries and its Swedish part is the longest river of Sweden. These two rivers also have the largest drainage basin in the same areas, including all the rivers that run into Vänern, of which is located in Sweden and in Norway.
thumb | 220x124px | right | alt= The source of Göta älv/Klarälven. | The source of Göta älv/Klarälven at the northeast side of mount Brändstöten. It emanates at the northeast side of Mount Brändstöten and flows through a couple of smaller lakes down to Lake Rogen in Härjedalen, Sweden, and then passes through the Norwegian Hedmark, where it flows through the lake Femunden. There it is known as Femundelva and Trysilelva. The rest of the river, the longest part, flows through Värmland to ultimately discharge in a delta into Vänern at Karlstad.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Klarälven” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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