The Pite River ( Bidumedno in Pite Sami . Piteälven , Pite älv or Piteå älv in Swedish.) is a river in northern Sweden , flowing through the Norrbotten County . It is one of the four major rivers in Norrland that have been left mostly untouched by water power plants, the river has a single dam at Sikfors approximately 15 km upstream from the sea.
3-655: It starts in the large lakes in eastern Sweden, such as Tjeggelvas , Vuolvojaure and Labbas, in Jokkmokk Municipality , and flows to the east coast, discharging in the Gulf of Bothnia , in the Piteå Municipality . It has a length of 400 kilometers, covering an area of 11,200 km². Its largest waterfall is Storforsen , which has also become the most popular place to visit in Norrbotten. It
6-714: Is located in Älvsbyn Municipality . Some of the other large Norrland rivers: Tjeggelvas Tjeggelvas is a lake in northern Sweden . It is located in Arjeplog Municipality in the province of Swedish Lapland , and administratively of Norrbotten County and is part of the Pite River catchment area. Tjeggelvashas is on the western edge of the Scandinavian Mountains , with a high surface elevation of 450 m (1,480 ft). The nearest settlements, Jäkkvik and Arjeplog , are to
9-409: The south, along the shores of the larger lake Hornavan . The lake and surrounding area are within the nature reserve Tjeggelvas, formed in 1988, which covers 328 km (127 sq mi). Forests of old-growth pine take up a large amount of the protected area, but there are areas of spruce too, especially in the east. Tjeggelvas has a surface area of 66.8 km (25.8 sq mi) and
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