Helge River

Helge River
Helge River
Native name	Helge å (Swedish); Helgeån (Swedish);
Location
Country	Sweden
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Hanöbukten
• coordinates	55°51′30″N 14°14′10″E / 55.85833°N 14.23611°ECoordinates: 55°51′30″N 14°14′10″E / 55.85833°N 14.23611°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	190 km (120 mi)
Basin size	4,748.9 km2 (1,833.6 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	55 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s)
• maximum	320 m3/s (11,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Designation
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Helge å
Designated	5 December 1974
Reference no.	16

The river Helge or, in Swedish, Helgeån, alternatively Helge å, (lit. 'The Holy river) is a river which flows through Småland and Skåne in southern Sweden. The course of the river takes it through Kristianstad and out to the Hanöbukten in the Baltic Sea.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Helge å". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 July 2010. (subscription required)
^ "Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige" [County and main catchment areas in Sweden] (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2005. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
^ "Helge å". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

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