Helge River (Helge å, Helgeån) | |
River | |
Country | Sweden |
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Mouth | Hanöbukten |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | |
Length | 190 km (118 mi) [1] |
Basin | 4,748.9 km2 (1,834 sq mi) [2] |
Discharge | |
- average | 55 m3/s (1,942 cu ft/s) [1] |
- max | 320 m3/s (11,301 cu ft/s) [1] |
The river Helge or, in Swedish, Helgeån (lit. 'The Holy river') is a river which flows through Småland and Skåne in southern Sweden. The course of the river takes it through Kristianstad and out to the Hanöbukten in the Baltic Sea.