Viskan
| Viskan | |
|---|---|
 Viskan where it runs through Borås | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Counties | Västra Götaland County, Halland County |
| City | Borås |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Tolken |
| • location | Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden |
| • coordinates | 57°47′30″N 13°15′00″E / 57.79167°N 13.25000°E |
| • elevation | 226 m (741 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | Klosterfjorden, Kattegatt |
• location | Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden |
• coordinates | 57°13′30″N 12°12′20″E / 57.22500°N 12.20556°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 140 km (87 mi)[2] |
Basin size | 2,202.1 km2 (850.2 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 34 m3/s (1,200 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Häggån, Slottsån |
| • right | Munkån, Surteån |
Viskan is a river in the south west of Sweden. It is about 140 kilometers long. It starts in the lake Tolken outside Ulricehamn and has its outlet in the Kattegatt. It runs through Borås.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Viskan". Nordisk Familjebok (in Swedish). Vol. 32 (2 ed.). 1921. pp. 838–839. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- 1 2 "Viskan". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 July 2010. (subscription required)
- ↑ "Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2010.