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Nyköpingsån

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Nyköpingsån is a river primarily flowing through Södermanland County in Sweden. The river is named after Nyköping, where it flows into the Baltic Sea. Nyköping is also the largest settlement on the river proper and a large part of the drainage area water is in the corresponding municipality. Nyköpingsån is one of two rivers to flow into the harbour of Nyköping, the other being Kilaån that winds through the southwestern part of the municipality eastwards from Kolmården.

Key facts

River.name
Nyköpingsån
River.image
Nyköpingsån.JPG
River.image_caption
Nyköpingsån near its outflow in downtown Nyköping.
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Sweden
River.subdivision_type3
Counties
River.subdivision_name3
Södermanland, Örebro, Östergötland
River.subdivision_type4
Municipalities
River.subdivision_name4
Askersund, Finspång, Flen, Gnesta, Hallsberg, Katrineholm, Norrköping, Nyköping, Vingåker, Örebro
River.length_km
150
River.source1_location
Svartsjön, Hallsberg Municipality
River.mouth_location
Nyköping
River.basin_size_km2
3631.6

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Nyköping
Country
Sweden
Image
Nyköpingsån Täckhammar.jpg
Length
157
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Commons category
Nyköpingsån
lake on watercourse
Tisaren
watershed area
3631.6
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Locations in the drainage area
  • Larger lakes
  • References

Nyköpingsån is a river primarily flowing through Södermanland County in Sweden. The river is named after Nyköping, where it flows into the Baltic Sea. Nyköping is also the largest settlement on the river proper and a large part of the drainage area water is in the corresponding municipality. Nyköpingsån is one of two rivers to flow into the harbour of Nyköping, the other being Kilaån that winds through the southwestern part of the municipality eastwards from Kolmården.

The highest source of the river is the small lake of Svartsjön in Hallsberg Municipality, Örebro County at above sea level. The innermost source and furthest western part is Norra Dovrasjön also in Hallsberg Municipality at a somewhat lower elevation. The innermost and most elevated riverside locality is in Åsbro at when the river passes through the lake of Tisaren. Although a shorter and lower route, it also leads into the lake of Tisnaren in Östergötland County in the north of Finspång Municipality. That source is further down towards but not quite at Simonstorp in Norrköping Municipality, making it a tri-county river. The river flows out of several sizeable lakes in Södermanland's interior, the two largest being Båven and Yngaren. Notably, the village of Vrena northwest of Nyköping is surrounded by lakes in the drainage area and the small river passing through the village connects the western and eastern parts of the river system.

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

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