Helge River
| Helge River | |
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| Native name | Helge å, Helgeån Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
| Location | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Hanöbukten |
• coordinates | 55°51′30″N 14°14′10″E / 55.85833°N 14.23611°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 190 km (120 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 4,748.9 km2 (1,833.6 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 55 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s)[1] |
| • maximum | 320 m3/s (11,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Designation | |
| Official name | Helge å |
| Designated | 5 December 1974 |
| Reference no. | 16[3] |
The river Helge or, in Swedish, Helgeån, alternatively Helge å, (lit. 'The Holy river') is a river which flows through Småland and Skåne in southern Sweden. The course of the river takes it through Kristianstad and out to the Hanöbukten in the Baltic Sea.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Helge å". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 July 2010. (subscription required)
- ^ "Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Helge å". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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