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Table 1.
i. physical geography of sweden.
Main rivers of upper Sweden.1
River.
Length.
Em.
!
Drain-age-area.
Sq, km.
Fall.»
Meters,
Water
flowing
off.»
Cnb.m.
River.
[-Drain-Length.-]
{+Drain-
Length.+} aKe’
Km.
area.
Sq. km.
Fall.»
Meters.
Torne elf*... 375 40,650 345 460 Ångermanelfven 389 32,620 582 430
Kalix elf’ ... 335 18,050 497 350 Indalaelfven..... 316 26,230 419 350
Lule elf....... 310 25,120 429 325 Ljangan .......... 271 12,H80 562 170
Pite elf....... 308 11,770 541 210 Ljusnan........... 370 19,590 868 265
Skellefte elf 330 11,880 482 220 Dalelfven......... 455 28,930 791 365
Ume elf....... 381 26,970 520 365 Klarelfven........ 367 11,870 626 200
Between the valleys of the rivera above mentioned, which can be
followed right up into the heart of the Scandinavian alpine district,
there are also a number of less considerable streams and rivers that
take their rise in the wooded districts near the coast.
Mt. Åre skutan.
Although the dissimilarity in character between the river-valleys
on the one hand and the intervening high lands on the other is very
manifest, the uniformity of both the former and the latter throughout
1 According to a report of O. Appelbero. A meter = 3 281 feet. A cub. meter = 35 32
cubic feet. A sq. kilom. = 0 886 sq. mile. — » From the springs to the mouth. — » The
average amount of water flowing away per second. — * Of the drainage-area of the Torne
elf only 26,600 sq.km. belong to Sweden, and the rest to Norway and Finland. The water
flowing away through Tärendö- to Kalix-river averages about 100 cub.m. per second.
Water
flowing
off.»
Cub.m.
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