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Encyclopedia > Torne River
Torne river (Tornionjoki)
Location of Torne River
Origin
Mouth Gulf of Bothnia
Basin countries Sweden (25,392.2 km2 [3]), Finland (10,400 km2 [4], Norway (1,500 km2)
Length 521.63 km[6]
Source elevation
Avg. discharge 381 m3/s [8]
Watershed area 37,300 km2 [11] or 40,147.1 km2 [12]

The Torne River (Finnish: Tornionjoki, Swedish: Torne älv, Torneälven, Northern Sami: Duortneseatnu, Meankieli: Tornionväyla), is a river on the border between Sweden and Finland. It rises at Lake Torne (Swedish: Torneträsk) near the border with Norway and flows generally southeast for a distance of 522 km (324 miles) into the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the largest river in Norrbotten both by length and by watershed area. Image File history File links Tornealven. ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Bothnia (Fin. ... Basin has several meanings: A watershed, which may be called also a hydrological basin or catchment basin. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... A watershed is a region of land where water flows into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean. ... Northern Saami (also, Sámi or Sami, formerly Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sami languages. ... Meänkieli (lit. ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Bothnia (Fin. ... Norrbotten County (Norrbottens län) is a Swedish county or län in the extreme north of Sweden. ...


Following the Treaty of Fredrikshamn in 1809, the river was chosen as a demarcation line for the new border between Sweden and the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland dividing the provinces of Laponia and Westrobothnia. The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Freden i Fredrikshamn in Swedish and Haminan rauha in Finnish ) was a peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Russia on September 17, 1809. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Grand Duchy of Finland was a state that existed 1809–1917 as part of the Russian Empire. ... Swedens provinces today. ... Laponia, or Lappland, was a historical Province or landskap in the extreme north of Sweden. ... Westrobothnia, or Västerbotten, is a historical Province or landskap in the north of Sweden. ...


Cities on the Torne River often have both Swedish and Finnish names, like Haparanda (from Finnish Haaparanta, "Aspen Shore") and Tornio (from Swedish Torneå). Haparanda is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. ... Tornio or TorneÃ¥ in Swedish is a municipality in Lapland, Finland. ...


Other major (>100 km long) rivers in the Swedish part of the watershed of the Torne are: Lainio River, Muonio River, Rautas River, Tengeliön River, Vittangia River. The Tärendö River is a bifurcation flowing into the Kalix River near Junosuando The Lainio River is a river in Kiruna Municipality in the far north of Swedish Lapland. ... The Tärendö River (Swedish: Tärendö älv, Meänkieli: Täränönväylä), is a small tributary river to the Kalix River in Norrbotten, Sweden. ... The Kalix River (in Swedish: proper Kalix älv; more commonly Kalixälven) is one of the four major rivers of Norrland, northern Sweden, that are untouched by water power constructions. ...


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