Halsuanjoki is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
river of
Perhonjoki
Perhonjoki is a river of Finland in Central Ostrobothnia region. It originates in Suomenselkä from the small lakes on the border of the municipalities of Perho, Kyyjärvi and Kivijärvi, and it flows for into the Gulf of Bothnia. http://www. ...
in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
.
[http://www.kase.fi/~nymkai/halsuanjoki/alku.html ''link , finnish''] Its source is Halsuanjärvi. There are several
rapid
Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.
Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascade''. ...
s in this river.
See also
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Halsua
Halsua ( sv, Halso) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of about 1200 in 2019's and covers an area of of which is water ...
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List of rivers of Finland
This is a list of rivers of Finland. Listing begins with rivers flowing into the Baltic sea, from the north, that is from the Swedish border. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction.
Water flows from Finland directly to the B ...
References
Halsua
Rivers of Finland
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