Helge River
| Helge River (Helge å, Helgeån) | |
| River | |
| Country | Sweden |
|---|---|
| Mouth | Hanöbukten |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 55°51′30″N 14°14′10″E / 55.85833°N 14.23611°E |
| Length | 190 km (118 mi) [1] |
| Basin | 4,748.9 km2 (1,834 sq mi) [2] |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 55 m3/s (1,942 cu ft/s) [1] |
| - max | 320 m3/s (11,301 cu ft/s) [1] |
The river Helge or, in Swedish, Helgeån (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.
References
- ^ a b c "Helge å". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 July 2010. (subscription required)
- ^ "Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige" (in Swedish). SMHI. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
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