Hårkan, a
mountain river A mountain river is a river that runs usually in mountains.
Mountain River may also refer to:
* Mountain River (Northwest Territories), a stream in Canada
* Mountain River, Tasmania, a settlement in Australia
* ''Mountain River'' (album), ...
in
Jämtland
Jämtland () is a historical provinces of Sweden, province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland, Sweden, Lapland to the north and Trøndelag and Norw ...
, Sweden is a tributary of the
Indalsälven
Indalsälven is one of Sweden's longest rivers with a total length of 430 kilometers. Among its tributaries are Kallströmmen, Långan, Hårkan and Ammerån. A total of 26 hydropower plants are placed along its course, making it the third mo ...
, with which it joins east of
Lit. Including its source streams, it has a length of 184 km and a
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
of 3,990 km², a significant part of which is in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
.
Hårkan has several fishing spots, mainly for
grayling fishing. Other fishable species in Hårkan include
pike,
whitefish, and
perch
Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus ''Perca'', which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from , meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (''P. fluviatilis'') ...
found in the calmer parts of the river.
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References
Indalsälven basin
Rivers of Jämtland County