River
Ljungan
350 km from source to mouth · Sweden.
SwedenFlows into Svartviksfjärden10th longest in Sweden
In numbers
Length
350km
Average flow
140m³/s
Basin
12,851km²
Drop
648m
from 648 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
350 km of river and 49 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmScandinavian Mountainsat 648 m
- 17 kmÖver-Dalsjön0.6 km²
- 35 kmStorsjön28 km²
- 38 kmSölvbacka strömmar
- 44 kmStensjön0.5 km²
- 46 kmÖver-Grucken3.0 km²
- 50 kmYtter-Grucken3.2 km²
- 51 kmGruckhån0.4 km²
- 52 kmStor-Vävelssjön1.1 km²
- 67 kmFlåsjön22 km²
- 79 kmBörtnen2.5 km²
- 81 kmLill-Börtnen1.1 km²
- 85 kmBergstjärnen0.6 km²
- 101 kmLännässjön19 km²
- 104 kmSkålsjön1.0 km²
- 123 kmGällnästjärn5.1 km²
- 128 kmÄlden1.9 km²
- 135 kmNästelsjön6.9 km²
- 148 kmRätanssjön8.5 km²
- 158 kmHandsjön5.0 km²
- 159 kmNorra Trollsjötjärn0.4 km²
- 160 kmTrollsjön0.3 km²
- 161 kmNedre Galvattssjön0.5 km²
- 166 kmSisseltjärnen0.5 km²
- 169 kmSkrattabborrtjärn1.8 km²
- 172 kmFäningen0.7 km²
- 172 kmMellansjön5.6 km²
- 176 kmLomtjärnen1.5 km²
- 179 kmMörtsjön0.5 km²
- 180 kmHavern29 km²
- 185 kmMedingen2.1 km²
- 202 kmHolmsjön51 km²
- 205 kmAldern1.9 km²
- 223 kmÅngesjön2.9 km²
- 239 kmPartbotjärnen6.6 km²
- 247 kmHångstafallen
- 253 kmVikbron
- 254 kmLilltjärnen3.1 km²
- 256 kmTorpsjön, Medelpad3.0 km²
- 297 kmStödesjön16 km²
- 299 kmStor-Hällsjön0.5 km²
- 304 kmLill-Huljesjön0.3 km²
- 307 kmMatfors3,437 people
- 308 kmÖster-Rännöbodsjön0.8 km²
- 310 kmLångsjön1.1 km²
- 312 kmMarmen7.1 km²
- 316 kmVi4,757 people
- 318 kmKlingstatjärn0.5 km²
- 329 kmSkrängstasjön0.7 km²
- 332 kmKvissleby8,785 people
- 350 kmSvartviksfjärdenat 0 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 140 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 18 seconds. It drops from 648 m to 0 m, 1.9 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 12,851 km², about the size of BS. 47,000 people live in it. Highest water, with the snowmelt: from April to June; lowest: from December to March. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (24% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- KvisslebyLargest city on its banks · 8,785 people
- Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport (SDL)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 26 km from the cityCar hire in SundsvallDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water7 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe6 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to AugustThe best months to visit
Ljungan, month by month
Highest water: from April 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 61 m³/s in the lowest month to 130 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
Ljungan: the basin in numbers
12,870 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 47,000people live in the basin
- 4/km²people per km²
- 419maverage altitude of the basin
- 636mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 2.0°Caverage air temperature
- 4%protected areas
- 6.8%covered by lakes
- 1%permafrost
- 0.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 87% 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
Ljungan: what you find on the way
- 5Weirs
- 6RapidsLjungan, Skålforsen, Åsansforsen and 3 more
- 4Boat rampsMellansjön and 3 more
- 3MarinasKlampenborgs båthamn, Sundsvall Njurunda Båtklubb
- 22River beachesTorsviken, Torpshammar badplats, Backetjärn and 19 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Ljungan 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
43lakes on its wayLakeyas
17beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
14mountains at the sourcePeakyas
3islands off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (2)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Sölvbacka strömmarkm 36
- Hångstafallenkm 240
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (43)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Storsjönkm 34 · 27 m deep28km²
- Flåsjönkm 66 · 18 m deep22km²
- Börtnenkm 77 · 10 m deep2.5km²
- Lännässjönkm 98 · 13 m deep19km²
- Havernkm 176 · 22 m deep29km²
- Holmsjönkm 196 · 24 m deep51km²
- Stödesjönkm 289 · 66 m deep16km²
- Marmenkm 304 · 40 m deep7.1km²
35 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (17)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Fillaviken11 km away · cove16.0°C
- Ortviken7.8 km away · cove16.0°C
- Åkersviken4.1 km away · cove16.0°C
- Ållerviken6.6 km away · cove16.0°C
- Ödeviken17 km away · cove16.0°C
- Söråkersviken18 km away · cove16.0°C
- Björköviken11 km away · cove16.0°C
- Unnviken20 km away · cove16.0°C
9 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (14)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Härjångsfjället6.4 km away · prominence 678 m1,626m
- Tvärhammarn6.7 km away1,442m
- Struopetjarve7.9 km away1,275m
- Tjallingklumpen14 km away1,000m
- Torkilstöten11 km away
- Mieskentjahke8.2 km away
- Herrhångsåsen4.8 km away
- Grönfjället14 km away
6 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (3)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Alnön9.0 km away65km²
- Brämön21 km away15km²
- Klampenborg0.6 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
Ljungan in pictures
Nearby
Rivers nearby
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Finland121 km230 m³/s242 km awayÖsterdal RiverSweden300 km150 m³/s232 km awaySkellefte RiverSweden410 km160 m³/s320 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q949042) · 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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