Ljungan
Sign in to saveLjungan (Jamtlandic: Jångna or Aoa, from Old Norse *Oghn "the dreadful") is a 322 kilometer long river in Sweden. It originates near Trondheim and the Norwegian border. The river runs through the Swedish counties of Jämtland and Västernorrland. Several hydropower plants are located along the river.
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- River.name
- Ljungan
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- Ljungan.JPG
- River.map
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- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Sweden
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- County
- River.mouth
- Bothnian Sea
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- Image
- Ljungan December 2016 01.jpg
- Length
- 350
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- Ljungan
- watershed area
- 12851
- discharge
- 140.0
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Ljungan (Jamtlandic: Jångna or Aoa, from Old Norse *Oghn "the dreadful") is a 322 kilometer long river in Sweden. It originates near Trondheim and the Norwegian border. The river runs through the Swedish counties of Jämtland and Västernorrland. Several hydropower plants are located along the river.
A pathogenic virus of the viral family which includes polio and hepatitis A was isolated from a bank vole near the Ljungan river in the mid-1990s, and named Ljungan virus.
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