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Storforsen

Storforsen, a rapid in the Pite River in Swedish Norrbottens l?n is located approximately 38 km northwest of ?lvsbyn. With an average flow of 250 m3/s, the rapids are one of the biggest in Europe....
, a rapid
Rapid

File:Rapids.jpgFile:!downstream river1.jpgA rapid is a section of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep stream gradient causing an increase in water [velocity and turbulence....
 in the Pite River
Pite River

The Pite River is a river in northern Sweden, flowing through the Norrbotten County. It is one of the four major rivers in Norrland that have been left untouched by water power plants....
 in Swedish Norrbottens län is located approximately 38 km northwest of Älvsbyn
Älvsbyn

?lvsbyn is a town in Norrbotten, Sweden and the seat of ?lvsbyn Municipality, Norrbotten County.?lvsbyn has a railway station that is served by trains running between Boden and Stockholm along the Swedish east coast....
. With an average flow of 250 m3/s, the rapids are one of the biggest in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. The rapids stretch out over a distance of 5 km in which the riverbed is lowered by 82 meters.

Flow usually is highest at midsummer
Midsummer

Many people say that the fairies dance on midsummer's eve, and those in Ireland may even stay up all night watching for them. They re said to dance after huge feasts, then sing and play music and tell stories....
: 870 m3/s. During the floodyear 1995 a total of 1200 cubic meters flowed down Storforsen each second.

To prevent accidents the rocks surrounding the rapids are fenced, views being readily accesible to the public via ramps.






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Storforsen
Storforsen

Storforsen, a rapid in the Pite River in Swedish Norrbottens l?n is located approximately 38 km northwest of ?lvsbyn. With an average flow of 250 m3/s, the rapids are one of the biggest in Europe....
, a rapid
Rapid

File:Rapids.jpgFile:!downstream river1.jpgA rapid is a section of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep stream gradient causing an increase in water [velocity and turbulence....
 in the Pite River
Pite River

The Pite River is a river in northern Sweden, flowing through the Norrbotten County. It is one of the four major rivers in Norrland that have been left untouched by water power plants....
 in Swedish Norrbottens län is located approximately 38 km northwest of Älvsbyn
Älvsbyn

?lvsbyn is a town in Norrbotten, Sweden and the seat of ?lvsbyn Municipality, Norrbotten County.?lvsbyn has a railway station that is served by trains running between Boden and Stockholm along the Swedish east coast....
. With an average flow of 250 m3/s, the rapids are one of the biggest in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. The rapids stretch out over a distance of 5 km in which the riverbed is lowered by 82 meters.

Flow usually is highest at midsummer
Midsummer

Many people say that the fairies dance on midsummer's eve, and those in Ireland may even stay up all night watching for them. They re said to dance after huge feasts, then sing and play music and tell stories....
: 870 m3/s. During the floodyear 1995 a total of 1200 cubic meters flowed down Storforsen each second.

To prevent accidents the rocks surrounding the rapids are fenced, views being readily accesible to the public via ramps. While the rapids were used in previous years to transport logs, today its surroundings are part of a nature park, visited by 150,000 people each year.


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