River
Indalsälven
420 km from source to mouth · Sweden.
SwedenFlows into Klingerfjärden7th longest in Sweden
In numbers
Length
420km
Average flow
460m³/s
Basin
26,700km²
Drop
712m
from 721 m to 9 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
420 km of river and 38 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmÅre Riverat 721 m
- 30 kmSönner-Rensjön6.3 km²
- 49 kmÅnnsjön57 km²
- 58 kmGevsjön11 km²
- 65 kmBodsjön5.3 km²
- 69 kmTännsjön2.3 km²
- 69 kmTännforsen
- 71 kmÖster-Noren4.7 km²
- 90 kmÅre3,552 people
- 92 kmFröåtjärnen0.3 km²
- 94 kmÅresjön6.4 km²
- 108 kmRistafallet14 m
- 113 kmKallsjön195 km²
- 118 kmLiten16 km²
- 133 kmStamsjön0.3 km²
- 138 kmMattmartjärnen0.5 km²
- 142 kmLill-Drafsjön0.6 km²
- 146 kmStor-Drafsjön2.1 km²
- 147 kmDrevetjärnen0.6 km²
- 183 kmStorsjön489 km²
- 209 kmLångantributary
- 213 kmHårkantributary
- 222 kmSänselet27 km²
- 233 kmMidskogsselet1.8 km²
- 250 kmStuguns dämningsområde9.2 km²
- 254 kmVästra Mörtsjön2.4 km²
- 256 kmÖstra Mörtsjön2.6 km²
- 276 kmGesunden30 km²
- 279 kmKrångede Hydroelectric Power Station
- 292 kmAmmeråntributary
- 309 kmSörtjärnen0.3 km²
- 313 kmRåsjön0.3 km²
- 347 kmOxsjön4.0 km²
- 358 kmÅsbodsjön0.3 km²
- 359 kmSandören0.6 km²
- 359 kmVäckesjön0.6 km²
- 365 kmHimmelsjön0.6 km²
- 377 kmBjässjön3.6 km²
- 400 kmLjustorpsåntributary
- 420 kmKlingerfjärdenat 9 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Sweden
At the mouth it carries 460 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 5.4 seconds. It drops from 721 m to 9 m, 1.7 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 26,700 km², about the size of RW. 97,000 people live in it. Highest water, with the snowmelt: from May to June; lowest: from December to March. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (21% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- ÅreLargest city on its banks · 3,552 people
- Åre Östersund Airport (OSD)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 75 km from the cityCar hire at OSD airport (Östersund)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water14 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to AugustThe best months to visit
Indalsälven, month by month
Highest water: from May to June
Lowest water: from December to March. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from December to February. Melting snow makes up much of its water. Best months to visit: from June to August.
From about 270 m³/s in the lowest month to 730 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Indalsälven: the basin in numbers
25,593 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 97,000people live in the basin
- 4/km²people per km²
- 500maverage altitude of the basin
- 731mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 1.8°Caverage air temperature
- 15%protected areas
- 9.1%covered by lakes
- 1%permafrost
- 3.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 70% Forest
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Indalsälven: what you find on the way
- 2Weirs
- 13WaterfallsEnanfors, Tännforsen, Forsaforsen and 10 more
- 6Boat rampsDvärsätts Båtvarv and 5 more
- 7MarinasÅre marina, Dvärsätts Båtvarv, Virveln and 4 more
- 28River beachesBadplats, Åre strand, Kungsgårdsviken and 25 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.0 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Indalsälven in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
30lakes on its wayLakeyas
12beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
2islands off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (2)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Tännforsenkm 68
- Ristafalletkm 10714m
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (30)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Ånnsjönkm 4957km²
- Gevsjönkm 58 · 32 m deep11km²
- Åresjönkm 93 · 19 m deep6.4km²
- Kallsjönkm 112 · 134 m deep195km²
- Litenkm 117 · 19 m deep16km²
- Storsjönkm 182 · 74 m deep489km²
- Sänseletkm 22127km²
- Gesundenkm 274 · 42 m deep30km²
22 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (12)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Fillaviken12 km away · cove16.0°C
- Ortviken15 km away · cove16.0°C
- Åkersviken25 km away · cove16.0°C
- Ödeviken15 km away · cove16.0°C
- Söråkersviken21 km away · cove16.0°C
- Åviken16 km away · cove16.0°C
- Muggärdsviken18 km away · cove16.0°C
- Unnviken19 km away · cove16.0°C
4 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Järpberget3.2 km away
Islands off the mouth (2)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Alnön15 km away65km²
- Klampenborg22 km away0.6km²
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Indalsälven in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (5)
Also: Ammerån, Hårkan, Långan, Järpströmmen, Ljustorpsån
Nearby
Rivers nearby
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Finland121 km230 m³/s249 km awayÖsterdal RiverSweden300 km150 m³/s252 km awaySkellefte RiverSweden410 km160 m³/s301 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q426516) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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