Torne River
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| Torne river (Tornionjoki) | |
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| Mouth | Gulf of Bothnia |
| Basin countries | Sweden (25,392.2 km2 [1]), Finland (10,400 km2 [2], Norway (1,500 km2) |
| Length | 521.63 km[3] |
| Avg. discharge | 381 m3/s [4] |
| Basin area | 37,300 km2 [5] or 40,147.1 km2 [6] |
The Torne River (Finnish: Tornionjoki, Swedish: Torne älv, Torneälven, Northern Sami: Duortneseatnu, Meankieli: Tornionväyla), is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. Approximately a half of the river's length is a part of the border between these two countries. It rises at Lake Torne (Swedish: Torneträsk) near the border with Norway and flows generally southeast for a distance of 522 km (324 miles) into the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the largest river in Norrbotten both by length and by watershed area.
In the Treaty of Fredrikshamn in 1809, when Sweden lost the areas which constitute present-day Finland to Imperial Russia, the river was together with Muonio River and Könkämä River chosen as border between Sweden and the new Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, thus splitting the provinces of Laponia and Västerbotten.
Cities on the Torne River often have both Swedish and Finnish names, like Haparanda (from Finnish Haaparanta, "Aspen Shore") and Tornio (from Swedish Torneå).
Other major (>100 km long) rivers in the Swedish part of the watershed of the Torne are: Lainio River, Muonio River, Rautas River, Tengeliön River, Vittangia River. The Tärendö River is a bifurcation flowing into the Kalix River near Junosuando
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