Iijoki is a river of
Finland in the region of
Northern Ostrobothnia. The river has many tributaries.
[ Facta (encyclopedia) part 6, page 390, ''finnish''] It flows for into the
Gulf of Bothnia
The Gulf of Bothnia (; fi, Pohjanlahti; sv, Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast ( East Bothnia) and the Sweden's east coast (West ...
. Some of its main tributaries are
Siuruanjoki and
Livojoki. It has about 150
rapids
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''. ...
.
See also
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List of rivers in Finland
References
Further reading
Kalle Päätalo has written a 26 part novel; ''Juuret Iijoen törmässä''.
External links
Rivers of Finland
Landforms of North Ostrobothnia
Taivalkoski
Ii
Rivers of Kuusamo
Rivers of Pudasjärvi
Rivers of Oulu
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