| Viskan | |
| River | |
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Viskan where it runs through Borås
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| Country | Sweden |
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| Counties | Västra Götaland County, Halland County |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Häggån, Slottsån |
| - right | Munkån, Surteån |
| City | Borås |
| Landmark | Viska Valley (Viskadalen) |
| Source | Tolken |
| - location | Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden |
| - elevation | 226 m (741 ft) [1] |
| - coordinates | |
| Mouth | Klosterfjorden, Kattegatt |
| - location | Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Length | 140 km (87 mi) [2] |
| Basin | 2,202.1 km2 (850 sq mi) [3] |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 34 m3/s (1,201 cu ft/s) [2] |
Viskan is a river in the south west of Sweden. It is about 140 kilometers long. It starts in the lake Tolken outside Ulricehamn and has its outlet in the Kattegatt. It runs through Borås. The name means Whisper River.