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Fjällsjöälven is a river in northwestern
Ångermanland Ångermanland ( or ) is a historical province (''landskap'') in the northern part of Sweden. It is bordered (clockwise from the north) by Swedish Lapland, Västerbotten, the Gulf of Bothnia, Medelpad and Jämtland. The name is derived from the ...
,
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.  It is a tributary of the
Ångerman River __NOTOC__ The Ångerman or Angerman () is one of Sweden's longest rivers with a total length of . It also has the third largest flow rate, after the Göta and Lule. Name The name was formerly written Ångermann or Angermann. The name is derived fr ...
. Length is about 80 km, and source flows are about 260 km. The Fjällsjöälven has its headwaters in the border region between Lapland and
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 ...
with a northern source, the Saxån, and a southern source, the Sjoutälven, which unite in the four-mile-long Tåsjön (248 m above sea level). Below Tåsjön, Fjällsjöälven also receives water from Flåsjöån, Rörströmsälven and Hotingsån, when they merge in Bodumsjön (212 m above sea level) at
Rossön Rossön is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Strömsund Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 352 inhabitants in 2010. References

Populated places in Strömsund Municipality Ångermanland {{Jämtland-geo-stub ...
(Bodums parish) in
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. In the lower reaches of the river there are Kilforsen (24 m) and Åkvissleforsen (30 m). Fjällsjöälven flows into Ångermanälven about 5 km northwest of
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. The largest tributary of the Fjällsjöälven is the Vängelälven, which transfers water from the
Faxälven Faxälven is a river in 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 , Sw ...
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Tributaries

Tributaries below listed from the mouth of the sea to the sources. The source flows of each river are indicated by (*): ** Vängelälven *** Grytån *** Regesjöån **** Mörtsjöbäcken *** Äxingsån *** Malmån ** Gransjöån ** Stampån ** Jansjöån *** Grössjöån* ** Kråkån ** Nagasjöån *** Hällvattenån* ** Gessjöån ** Hotingsån* *** Flåsjöån* **** Fånån* **** Fallån* **** Kvarnån* ***** Dammån* **** Järilån* *** Tåsjöälven* **** Sjoutälven* ***** Guoutelejukke* ***** Trångmoån* ****** Gierkejukke **** Saxälven* ***** Lillån ***** Dajmaån ***** Sannarån* ** Röströmsälven* *** Bäån *** Staversån *** Rensjöån *** Djupån *** Ormsjöån* **** Långselån* ***** Gittsån ***** Stensjöbäcken ***** Korpån* **** Bergvattenån* ***** Sallsjöån* ***** Fjällån*


References

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