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Oulujoki

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Oulujoki (Ule älv) is a river in North Ostrobothnia, Finland. Its name in Finnish literally means "Oulu River", originally in old Northern Ostrobothnian dialect literally "Flood River". Its origin is Oulujärvi, and its watershed area covers a significant part of Kainuu region. It flows into the Bothnian Bay at Oulu. Port of Oulu is located at the mouth of the river.

Flows through: Finland.

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

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