Rautas River

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Rautas River

The Rautas River (Swedish

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
: Rautasälven, Northern Sami

Northern Sami

Northern or North Sami is the most widely spoken of all Sami languages. The speaking area of Northern Sami covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland as well as northwestern parts of Russia....
: Rávttaseatnu) is an early contributary to the Torne River

Torne River

The Torne River , 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....
in Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
Lapland.

It originates in Rautasjaure (Lake Rautas) in the mountains of northwestern Lapland, at an elevation of 560 m above mean sea level.

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The Rautas River (Swedish

Swedish language

Northern Sami

Torne River

The Torne River , 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....
in Swedish

Sweden

Snowmobile

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. From there it flows eastward through roadless land. On the right, southern bank, Subasjohka, Seppojokha join the river and the river flows into the Guolášjávri lake, where it is joined by Snánnavieddji (left/north) and Durkkejohka (right/south). It enters Rautas fjällurskogs naturreservat, meeting Leavášjohka and Geinnodakjohka on the right, and splits shortly before Rautas

Rautas

Rautas is a village in Kiruna municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden.It has 27 inhabitants.It is located at the European route E10 and Malmbanan between Kiruna and Abisko....
. It splits in a western and an eastern part, Alit Suorri / Västra Rautasälven (met by Njuohcamjohka) and Lulit Suorri / Östra Rautasälven. Those branches are approximately 3km apart. In the middle between those two branches lies the village of Rautas (Rávttas). The European route E10

European route E10

File:E10 route.svgEuropean route E 10 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in ?, Moskenes, Norway and ends in Lule?, Sweden....
crosses both branches. After 6-10 km, the branches meet again and the river continues in an southeasterly direction. It passes by the village of Käyrävuopio shortly before the stream Tiansbäken (Vuonajohka) flows into the river from the right/south. Then it continuous through uninhabited land, with Pahtajoki flowing into it on the right, before passing by a place where a footpath leads toward the river from the south (see photo). The Käyräjohki and Askajoki join from the left. After this, the river turns north. A track leads from Kurravaara to near the place where the river turns north. It flows into flatter land where some islands such as Hansisaari are in the river. Finally, it flows into Vahkujávri, which is part of the Torne River

Torne River

The Torne River , 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....
, at an elevation of 327 m, after nearly 135 km.

Sources

Lantmäteriets Fjällkarta BD4 Kiruna, december 2006