Tana River (Norway)

The river Tana (Norwegian ) and Teno (Finnish; short: Tana and Teno, Northern Sami: Deatnu (literally "Great River " ) ) is the Norwegian- Finnish border river.

It is formed at the confluence of Karasjohka and Inarijoki near Karigasniemi. The length of the river system Inarijoki and Tana is given as 348 km. Over a distance of 256 km, it marked the border between the municipalities of Karasjok and Tana on Norwegian and Utsjoki on the Finnish side. He opens at Tanafjord into the Arctic Ocean. This is the northernmost estuary in Europe.

The Tana River is one of the world's best fishing for salmon. A 36 kg heavy specimen, which was captured in 1929 in the Tana River, is still the largest ever caught Atlantic salmon.

Bridges

The Tana River is spanned by two bridges. Built 1948 Bridge Tana bru ( German " Tana Bridge " ) is located in the eponymous village of Tana bru the community Tana. It is with a span of 195 m, the longest entirely located in Norway bridge over the river. The second bridge, Samelandsbrua (Saami silta ), connects the community center of the Finnish Utsjoki with the place Roavvegieddi in Tana.

Samelandsbrua