Aura River
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Aurajoki (; Swedish Aura å) is a river in south-western Finland. It originates in Oripää, and flows through Pöytyä, Aura, Lieto, and ultimately the city of Turku before discharging into the Archipelago Sea. The total length of the river is about , and it contains eleven rapids, the biggest of which is Nautelankoski at Lieto. The reserve tap water for Turku Region is drawn from Aurajoki, the city's secondary waterworks being situated by the Halinen rapids.
Key facts
- River.name
- Aurajoki
- River.image
- Aurajoki, Turku 2.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Aurajoki in central Turku
- River.mapframe
- yes
- River.mapframe zoom
- 8
- River.source1_location
- Oripää
- River.mouth_location
- Turku
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Finland
- River.length_km
- 70
- River.basin_size_km2
- 885
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Turku
- Elevation
- 70
- Image
- Papa Joe Turku on the Aura River.jpg
- Length
- 70
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- Commons category
- Aura River
- waterbody number
- FI/28
- watershed area
- 885
- mouth of the watercourse
- Archipelago Sea
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- origin of the watercourse
- Oripää
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Aurajoki (; Swedish Aura å) is a river in south-western Finland. It originates in Oripää, and flows through Pöytyä, Aura, Lieto, and ultimately the city of Turku before discharging into the Archipelago Sea. The total length of the river is about , and it contains eleven rapids, the biggest of which is Nautelankoski at Lieto. The reserve tap water for Turku Region is drawn from Aurajoki, the city's secondary waterworks being situated by the Halinen rapids.
The waters of the Aurajoki are brown. Situated in an agricultural zone, the river is made turbid by surface runoff from nearby farms with eutrophication as the biggest threat. Its condition has been improving since the 1970s and Aurajoki is now clean enough to support salmon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aura River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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