Ljungan
Course of Ljungan
The Ljungan at Fränsta
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The Ljungan is a 399 km long river in Sweden, which flows through the historic provinces Härjedalen, Jämtland and Medelpad. Its catchment area amounts to 12,851 km ². The source of the Ljungan just East of Sylan. From there it flows northeast to Helagsfjäll and finally on to its mouth at the Gulf of Bothnia, near the city of Sundsvall. Until his mouth the Ljungan of both parties are fed by numerous tributaries and also flows through several large lakes. Further facilities on the river several hydroelectric plants. The upper part of Ljungan, especially between kalfjäll and Ljungdalen, is a popular recreational and tourist destination, especially for canoe and kayak tours.
Etymology
In a parchment certificate of 1412 a Fisheries / a fisherman from the parish Haverö in Norrtälje is mentioned for the first time. According to the charter fishing Oghnaroos said. The suffix -os means as much as estuary or connection. The -ar in the middle is actually a Genitivendsilbe, which indicates the location of the fishing on the river Oghn in this case. From this ancient syllable -ar developed in the course of time, the Swedish words å (German: Bach / river / water ) or älv (English: River ). Both words are also related to the German syllable Ache.
The Old Norse word Oghn or OGN means as much as anxiety, fear or terror, which is found in modified form in the word Ljungan in the suffix - gan. Considering the name of the fisheries of the instrument and the word Ljungan it was concluded that there must be at the river Oghn to the Ljungan. Thus, the Ljungan was first documented in 1412 and is mentioned about the Terrible or The Fertile.
Since the name Ljungan was created over centuries, is not to be assumed that he is related to the Swedish words Ljung ( heath / heather ) or Ljungeld ( flash) and are therefore not similar something like The luminous flux means.
Geography
The source of the Ljungan located east of Sylan, the Swedish highlands on the border to Norway. The sea flowing 46 major rivers (and their tributaries ) in the Ljungan. Furthermore, it flows through numerous lakes.
Tributaries
The tributaries are listed from the source to the sea. The names in brackets are the Norwegian names of rivers.
- Majan
- Luckstaån
- Hemgravsån
- Gimån
- Roggan
- Getterån
- Alderängesån
- Granån
- Täljeån
- Harran
- Gulan
- Vattenån
- Råsjöån
- ASPAN ( Medelpad )
- Harrsjöån
- Juan
- Björsjöån
- Stor - Köljan
- Norran
- Stensån
- Hortesån
- Länsterån
- Gillan
- Galvattsån
- Loan
- Röjan
- Kvarnån
- Nällsjöån
- Fuan ( Fua )
- ASPAN ( Aspaoa )
- Rödbäcken ( Raubekkjen )
- Fiskån ( Fiskjaoa )
- Oxsjöån ( Okssjøaoa )
- Doveln
- Brunnan ( BRANNA )
- Galån ( Galaoa )
- Kvarnbäcken ( Kvarnbekkjen )
- Arån ( Araoa )
- Aloppan ( Aloppa )
- Rövran ( Røvra )
- Henan
- Storån
- Tandan
- Skärkån
- Kesuån
Lakes
The Ljungan flows through eleven major lakes, including Havern, the largest lake in the historic Medelpad. The lakes are also as the rivers, in the order in which they occur from the source to the sea, are listed.
- Storsjö
- Gruckensjöarna
- Flåsjön
- ( Stor ) Börtnen / ( Lill ) Börtnen
- Bergstjärn
- Lännässjön
- Nästelsjön
- Rätanssjön
- Handsjön
- Holmsjön
- Havern