Vindel River

Location of Vindelälven

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The Vindelälven is a left tributary of the Ume älv in northern Sweden. It rises near the Norwegian border and flows to the southeast to the Baltic Sea, where he west of the city of Umeå, only 25 kilometers from the coast, in the Ume älv ends after about 445 miles. At the upper reaches it flows through the lake Storvindeln.

The Vindelälven is not regulated as a single one of the great rivers of northern Sweden and caused extensive flooding in the spring, when it swells up to ten times its average water flow.

The Vindelälven drains an area of 12,650 km ² and has an average discharge of 190 m³ / s On Vindelälven are the places Ammarnäs, Sorsele, Blattnicksele, Rusksele, Åmsele, Hällnäs, Vindeln and Vännäsby. The river has its origin in the field of community Arjeplog in the province of Norrbotten County, but reached after a few kilometers, Västerbotten County, where it flows through the territory of the municipalities Sorsele, Lycksele, Vindeln, Umeå and Vännäs. The Lais is the largest tributary of the Vindelälven. The Länsväg 363 runs largely along the course of the river Vindelälven.

Renforsen at Vindeln

Estuary at Spöland