The Tärendö River (
Swedish: ''Tärendö älv'',
Meänkieli
(literally 'our language'), or Tornedalian is a Finnic language or a group of distinct Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost part of Sweden, particularly along the Torne River Valley. It is officially recognized in Sweden as one of the ...
: ''Täränönväylä'') is a small
distributary
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river
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to the
Kalix River
The Kalix River (in Kalix dialect: ''kölisälva'', Swedish language, Swedish: proper ''Kalix älv'' or in everyday language ''Kalixälven'', Northern Sami: ''Gáláseatnu'', In Meänkieli the lower part of the river is called ''Kaihnuunväylä'', ...
in
Norrbotten
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The traditional provinces of Swede ...
,
Sweden
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.
It is the second largest
bifurcation
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in the world (second only to the
Casiquiare canal,
South America
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).
The Tärendö River splits off the
Torne River in
Pajala Municipality
Pajala Municipality (; Meänkieli and Finnish: ''Pajalan kunta'') is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in the locality of Pajala.
In 1884 Tärendö was detached from Pajala Municipalit ...
, near the village of
Junosuando, at an altitude of 210 m. It takes more than 50% of the water in the Torne River.
It flows southeast for 52 km, passing
Lautakoski and
Koijuniemi, then empties into the Kalix River at the village of
Tärendö
Tärendö (, ) is a small Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 208 inhabitants in 2000. It is located at the Kalix River and the River bifurcation, bifurcation Tärendö River.
The village was probably founded around ...
at an altitude of 160 m.
Right-bank tributaries of the Tärendö River are
Meras River,
Leppä River,
Saitta River, and
Jukkas River. The
Kari River flows into the Tärendö River on the left.
Like many other rivers in
Nordkalotten and
Norrland
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, the river is popular for fishing.
References
External links
Tärendö river on Google Streetview
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Norrbotten
Kalix River basin
Rivers of Norrbotten County
River bifurcations
Distributaries of Europe