The Svartån is a river in eastern

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and the largest tributary to

Motala ström Motala ström is the river system that drains lake Vättern, the second largest lake in Sweden, into the Baltic Sea in Norrköping. It is named from the city Motala Motala () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Motala Municipal ...

. The river has a total length of 165 kilometers

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Vattendragsregistret
/ref> and a drainage basin area of 3410 km². Its source is situated close to Ormaryd in

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, about 10 kilometers east of the town of

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, and the river initially flows north through Aneby, forming the Stalpet waterfall. From Aneby it continues through Gripenberg and the town of

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before entering lake

Sommen Sommen () is a lake in the South Swedish highlands lying across the border of the Provinces of Sweden, provinces of Östergötland and Småland. Situated about 147 metres above mean sea level, the lake has an area of and has a maximum depth of 60 ...

. From Sommen it continues through

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Mjölby Mjölby ( ) is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 28,544 inhabitants in 2024. Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name ''Mjölby'' is derived from ''Mölloby'', which comes from or , meani ...

and Sya before entering the Östergötland plain. The mouth of the river is at lake Roxen, where it enters

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Svartan, Ostergotland Rivers of Östergötland County Rivers of Jönköping County Motala ström basin