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's longest rivers with a total length of . It also has the third largest flow rate, after the

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and Lule.

Name

The name was formerly written Ångermann or Angermann. The name is derived from the

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''anger'', which means "deep fjord" and appear as such in placenames in

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and as "ånger" in placenames along the coast of

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Elk Migration

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group devoted to the livestream had amassed more than 77,000 members.

Course

The river traces its flow from the central Scandes in the southern parts of the Swedish province of Lapland. It then trails through

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, increasing in power in the province of

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, whose name derives from it. The Vojmån, Fjällsjö, and Fax are its main tributaries. It contains an internal

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Vängelälven. It is navigable for about from the sea. Over the last (after the town of

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noted on the map), it flows through a scenic valley known as

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. The Ångerman then empties into the

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near the town of Kramfors.

Tributaries

Below is a list of the river's tributaries, named in Swedish. Higher order / source streams are denoted by (*): * Kramforsån ** Bodån* ** Mjövattsån* * Bollstaån ** Majaån* * Loån ** Sjögarån* ** Viättån* *** Mångsån * Gålsjöån * Björkån ** Oldsjöån * Bruksån ** Spannån* ** Vallån* ** Tunsjöån* * Faxälven * Mångmanån ** Rötsjöån* ** Gåsbäcken * Vigdan ** Skäljån ** Jansjöån* *** Rävsjöån* *** Ottsjöbäcken* * Fjällsjöälven * Röån ** Tarån *** Sågbäcken *** Valån ** Ruskån* ** Rinnån* * Kvarnån * Uman (å) ** Bysjöån* *** Juvanån* **** Tågån **** Stugusjöån* **** Kvarnån* * Kläppsjöbäcken * Kortingån * Tärnickån ** Grossbäcken * Gulbäcken * Ässan * Kultran * Stavselån ** Hedvattenbäcken * Sämsjöån * Holmträskån * Insjöån ** Långvattenån* *** Mesjöån* * Stamsjöån ** Kvarnån ** Lomsjöån ** Avasjöån *** Norrån* *** Sörån* * Kvällån * Torvsjöån * Vojmån ** Järvsjöån ** Bäsksjöån ** Gråtanån ** Matskanån ** Skikkibäcken ** Dajkanån ** Dalsån *** Skansnäsån ** Krutån *** Girisån* ** Grönån ** Tvärån * Nästansjöån ** Ängesbäcken* *** Krokbäcken ** Huvudsjöbäcken * Laxbäcken * Marsån * Satsån * Saxån * Ransarån* * Bodvillån

References

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