Indalsälven is one of
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 ...
's longest rivers with a total length of 430 kilometers. Among its tributaries are
Kallströmmen,
Långan,
Hårkan and
Ammerån. A total of 26
hydropower plants are placed along its course, making it the third most power producing river of Sweden.
The Indalsälven drains the
Storsjön
Storsjön (, ) is the fifth largest lake in Sweden, with an area of and a greatest depth of . It is the largest lake in central Sweden, located in the province of Jämtland in modern Jämtland County. From Storsjön runs the river Indalsälven ...
and culminates in the
Bothnian Sea
The Bothnian Sea (; ) links the Bothnian Bay (also called the Bay of Bothnia) with the Baltic Sea, Baltic proper. Kvarken is situated between the two. Together, the Bothnian Sea and Bay make up a larger geographical entity, the Gulf of Bothnia, ...
.
See also
*
Döda fallet
References
Rivers of Jämtland County
Rivers of Västernorrland County
Drainage basins of the Baltic Sea
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