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Ängesån

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Ängesån is a forest river in Sweden and is the largest tributary of the Kalixälven River. The river flows into Vettasjärvi and is about 20 kilometres long. Between Vettasjärvi and the confluence with the Valtiojoki, it is called Vettasjoki. The largest tributaries are the Linaälven, which merges at Linafallet and the Bönälven, which reaches Ängesån through Tvärån. The river is unaffected by hydropower development.

Flows through: Sweden.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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