Skiensvassdraget river system

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The Skiensvassdraget river system is one of Norway’s major interconnected waterways, draining large parts of Telemark through a chain of lakes and rivers to the Skagerrak coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river system
connectedBy Telemark Canal NERFINISHED
country Norway
drainageDirection northwest-to-southeast
drainsRegion large parts of Telemark
emptiesInto Skagerrak NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Kviteseid municipality NERFINISHED
Midt-Telemark municipality NERFINISHED
Nome municipality NERFINISHED
Notodden municipality NERFINISHED
Porsgrunn NERFINISHED
Skien NERFINISHED
Tokke municipality NERFINISHED
hasCulturalImportanceFor Telemark NERFINISHED
hasEconomicImportanceFor Telemark NERFINISHED
hasLockSystem Telemark Canal locks NERFINISHED
hasPart Bandak NERFINISHED
Bøelva NERFINISHED
Flåvatn NERFINISHED
Heddalsvatnet NERFINISHED
Kviteseidvatn NERFINISHED
Nomevatn NERFINISHED
Norsjø NERFINISHED
Skienselva NERFINISHED
languageOfName Norwegian
locatedIn Telemark NERFINISHED
Vestfold og Telemark county NERFINISHED
majorRiverSystemOf Norway NERFINISHED
mouthLocatedIn Skagerrak coast NERFINISHED
namedAfter Skien NERFINISHED
notableFor chain of large lakes
series of dams and locks
partOf Telemark watercourse network NERFINISHED
region Eastern Norway NERFINISHED
terminusNear Porsgrunn NERFINISHED
Skien NERFINISHED
usedFor hydropower production
inland navigation
recreation
timber floating (historically)
waterwayType interconnected lakes and rivers

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Norsjø partOf Skiensvassdraget river system
Reisaelva drainageBasin Skiensvassdraget river system
this entity surface form: Reisavassdraget watershed