Pite River
| Pite River (Piteälven, Pite älv, Piteå älv) | |
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The Pite River at Trollforsen in September 2010
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| Country | Sweden |
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| Mouth | Bothnian Bay |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Length | 400 km (249 mi) [1] |
| Basin | 11,285.3 km2 (4,357 sq mi) [2] |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 160 m3/s (5,650 cu ft/s) [1] |
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Outlining Pite River and the seat of municipalities it crosses.
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The Pite River (Piteälven, Pite älv or Piteå älv in Swedish) is a river in northern Sweden, flowing through the Norrbotten County. It is one of the four major rivers in Norrland that have been left mostly untouched by water power plants, the river has a single dam at Sikfors approximately 15 km upstream from the sea.[citation needed]
It starts in the large lakes in eastern Sweden, such as Tjeggelvas, Vuolvojaure and Labbas, in Jokkmokk Municipality, and flows to the east coast, discharging in the Gulf of Bothnia, in the Piteå Municipality.
It has a length of 400 kilometers, covering an area of 11,200 km².
Its largest waterfall is Storforsen, which has also become the most popular place to visit in Norrbotten. It is located in Älvsbyn Municipality.
See also
Some of the other large Norrland rivers:
