The Eura ( fi, Eurajoki, sv, Eura å) is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

in south-western

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 ...

Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region ...

region. Its

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is Lake Pyhäjärvi and it flows through the municipalities of

Eura Eura is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipal ...

and

Eurajoki Eurajoki ( sv, Euraåminne) is a municipality of Finland located in the region of Satakunta in the province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The m ...

before discharging into

Bothnian Sea The Bothnian Sea ( sv, Bottenhavet; fi, Selkämeri) links the Bothnian Bay (also called the Bay of Bothnia) with the Baltic proper. Kvarken is situated between the two. Together, the Bothnian Sea and Bay make up a larger geographical entity, t ...

. The total length of the Eura is 53 kilometres (33 mi). It has eleven rapids and three small

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s with an installed capacity of 0.1–0.5 MW. Its longest

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is the 23-kilometre-long

Köyliö Köyliö ( sv, Kjulo) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the municipality of Säkylä on 1 January 2016. It was located in the Satakunta region. The population of Köyliö was (30 June 2015) and covered a land area of . The p ...

which originates at

Lake Köyliö A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

. The Eura has been an important waterway since the

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, connecting the fertile hinterland to the

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. Bronze and

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settlements in Eura were the most largest and most remarkable in Finland.Prehistoric Eura – From the Stone Age to the Crusade Period
. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

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Rivers of Finland Eurajoki basin Landforms of Satakunta {{Finland-river-stub