Ljusnan
Sign in to savethumb|Ljusnan seen from a motorboat between Arbrå and [[Vallsta.]] Ljusnan (from Old Norse: Lusn — light) is a river in Sweden, which is 440 kilometers long. The river starts in northwestern Härjedalen and then continues throughout the province into Hälsingland all the way to the Bothnian Sea. The biggest tributary is Voxnan. The river is heavily used for hydropower with 18 hydro powerplants. During 2001 Ljusnan produced 4,5 TWh.
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- Ljusnan
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- Ljusnan (view from Färila).jpg
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- Ljusnan seen from the small town of Färila
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- Ljusnan position.png
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- Country
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- Sweden
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- River.mouth
- Bothnian Sea
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Wikidata facts
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- 00 4521 Cloud reflection - Sweden.jpg
- Length
- 440
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- Ljusnan
- watershed area
- 19828.1
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thumb|Ljusnan seen from a motorboat between Arbrå and [[Vallsta.]] Ljusnan (from Old Norse: Lusn — light) is a river in Sweden, which is 440 kilometers long. The river starts in northwestern Härjedalen and then continues throughout the province into Hälsingland all the way to the Bothnian Sea. The biggest tributary is Voxnan. The river is heavily used for hydropower with 18 hydro powerplants. During 2001 Ljusnan produced 4,5 TWh.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ljusnan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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