Bäveån is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in
Uddevalla Municipality
Uddevalla Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Uddevalla.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Uddevalla'' (which had absorbed the rural mun ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. It starts by flowing northwest from Mjövattnet, a lake on Herrestadsfjället. It then takes a sharp turn to the south and flows through
Fagerhult, Lane, Lane-Ryr and
Uddevalla
Uddevalla is a Stad (Sweden), town in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It’s the seat of Uddevalla Municipality. In 2015, it had a population of 34,781, making it the largest town fully in Bohuslän. Uddevalla is located where the river Bäveån ...
before opening up into Byfjorden. It passes under County Road 172 in Fagerhult, National Road 44 and the
Älvsborg Line in Kuröd industrial area, as well as the
Bohus Line
The Bohus Line () is a railway line from Gothenburg via Uddevalla and Munkedal to Strömstad. The line is single track and electrified at . Bohus Line has seventeen stations; Strömstad, Skee, Överby, Tanum, Rabbalshede, Hällevadshol ...
near Agnebergsskolan in central Uddevalla.
References
Rivers of Västra Götaland County
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