Tornio River basin

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The Tornio River basin is the drainage area in northern Scandinavia that collects the waters of the Tornio (Torne) River and its tributaries before they flow into the Gulf of Bothnia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tornio River Valley 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
hydrological basin
river basin
altName Torne River basin NERFINISHED
borderFunction forms part of the border between Finland and Sweden
climate subarctic climate
containsFeature lakes
mires
mountainous headwaters
wetlands
country Finland
Sweden
dominantLandCover boreal forest
drainageTo Baltic Sea NERFINISHED
drainedBy Torne River NERFINISHED
Tornio River NERFINISHED
ecoregion Scandinavian and Russian taiga
emptiesInto Gulf of Bothnia NERFINISHED
flowsAlongBorderOf Finland NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
flowsIntoCountry Finland NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity fishing
hydropower potential
hasOutletCity Haparanda NERFINISHED
Tornio NERFINISHED
hasRecreationActivity angling
canoeing
rafting
hasSeasonalProcess river ice cover in winter
spring snowmelt floods
hasTributaryRiver Käymäjoki NERFINISHED
Lainio River NERFINISHED
Muonio River NERFINISHED
Tärendö River NERFINISHED
languageRegion Finnish
Swedish
locatedIn Fennoscandia NERFINISHED
Northern Europe
Scandinavia
mainRiverMouth near city of Tornio
partOf Baltic Sea drainage basin NERFINISHED
region Lapland NERFINISHED
Norrbotten County NERFINISHED
riverSystem Tornio–Muonio river system NERFINISHED
transboundary true
waterBodyType freshwater

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norrbotten County contains Tornio River basin
this entity surface form: Tornio River Valley
Tornedalians culturalRegion Tornio River basin
this entity surface form: Tornio River Valley
Torne River partOf Tornio River basin