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Anarjohka
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Also known as Anárjohka, Anarjokka, Inarijoki, Enare älv

Anarjohka (, or Anarjohka, , ) is a tributary of Tana River. It is about long, with a drainage area of about . The mean discharge at the mouth is about . The lower part of the river runs along the Finnish–Norwegian border. The border continues along the Anarjohka's tributary Skiehččanjohka, while the upper part of the river lies within the eponymous Anárjohka national park in Norway.

Key facts

River.name
Anárjohka
River.image
Anarjohka river, NorwayFinland border.jpg
River.image_caption
View of the river at Karigasniemi
River.mapframe
yes
River.mapframe zoom
6
River.mapframe wikidata
yes
River.map_caption
Interactive map of the river
River.subdivision_type1
Countries
River.subdivision_type2
Counties
River.subdivision_type3
Municipalities
River.source1
Lulit Bissovárri (Anárjohka National Park)
River.source1_location
Kautokeino Municipality, Norway
River.mouth
Tana River
River.mouth_location
Karasjok Municipality, Norway
River.tributaries_left
Iškorasjohka, Goššjohka, Ássuorgi, Cáskinjohka
River.tributaries_right
Karigasjoki, Skiehččanjohka

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Anarjohka (, or Anarjohka, , ) is a tributary of Tana River. It is about long, with a drainage area of about . The mean discharge at the mouth is about . The lower part of the river runs along the Finnish–Norwegian border. The border continues along the Anarjohka's tributary Skiehččanjohka, while the upper part of the river lies within the eponymous Anárjohka national park in Norway.

thumb|left|Anárjohka and the bridge to Karigasniemi in Finland The river has its sources at Lulit Bissovárri, at an elevation of in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway, in the far south of the Finnmarksvidda plateau, in the southwestern parts of Anárjohka National Park. From there it flows towards the northeast through the national park, until it turns towards the east and joins the tributary Skiehččanjohkka and the border with Finland, where Lemmenjoki National Park is situated on the opposite side. After Basevuovdi the river turns north, and its largest tributary, the Goššjohka, joins it from the west. The only bridge over the Anarjohka is located at the Finnish village of Karigasniemi. At this border crossing the Norwegian and Finnish national highways meet, both numbered 92. At Raidesuolu, about further north, and some east of the village of Karasjok, the Anarjohka flows into the river Karasjohka, and together the two rivers form the Tana River.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anarjohka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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