River
Nissan
200 km from source to mouth · Sweden.
SwedenFlows into Kattegat
In numbers
Length
200km
Average flow
41m³/s
Basin
2,685km²
Drop
200m
from 201 m to 1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
200 km of river and 27 stops on the way: 9 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 201 m
- 4 kmMulserydssjön1.1 km²
- 7 kmMunkabosjön0.4 km²
- 19 kmSvansjön0.4 km²
- 45 kmNorra Gussjö2.3 km²
- 46 kmSödra Vallsjön0.8 km²
- 52 kmAlgustorpasjön1.2 km²
- 54 kmLillesjön0.3 km²
- 55 kmVikaresjön1.2 km²
- 59 kmSödra Gussjö1.7 km²
- 71 kmGislaved10,029 people
- 98 kmSmålandsstenar4,504 people
- 107 kmFrösjön0.3 km²
- 121 kmStora Färgen8.1 km²
- 129 kmJansbergssjön0.7 km²
- 130 kmHyltebruk3,929 people
- 136 kmJakobs sjö0.6 km²
- 138 kmSandsjön0.6 km²
- 141 kmRydöbruk357 people
- 147 kmTorup1,268 people
- 149 kmTidemans holme
- 165 kmNissans dämningsområde0.3 km²
- 172 kmOskarström4,116 people
- 176 kmSennan394 people
- 182 kmÅled1,883 people
- 197 kmÖsterbro
- 197 kmHalmstad72,979 people
- 197 kmSlottsbron
- 200 kmKattegatat 1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in southern Sweden
At the mouth it carries 41 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 61 seconds. It drops from 201 m to 1 m, 1.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,685 km², about the size of LU. 65,000 people live in it. Highest water: April; lowest: from December to February. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- HalmstadLargest city on its banks · 72,979 people
- Halmstad Airport (HAD)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 3 km from the cityCar hire at CPH airport (Copenhagen)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water11 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to AugustThe best months to visit
Nissan, month by month
Highest water: April
Lowest water: from December to February. Best months to visit: from June to August.
From about 34 m³/s in the lowest month to 69 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
Nissan: the basin in numbers
2,588 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 65,000people live in the basin
- 25/km²people per km²
- 183maverage altitude of the basin
- 841mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.2°Caverage air temperature
- 2%protected areas
- 4.2%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 91% Forest
- 4% Cropland
- 1% Towns and cities
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
Nissan: what you find on the way
- 5Weirs
- 1Waterfalls
- 5Boat ramps
- 1Ferry piers
- 5MarinasGästhamn, Klubbhamn Halmstads Segelsällskap and 3 more
- 2River beachesVattlasjö badplats
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Nissan 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.
15lakes on its wayLakeyas
5beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
2islands off the mouthIslandyas
Lakes and reservoirs (15)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Mulserydssjönkm 3 · 17 m deep1.1km²
- Norra Gussjökm 35 · 20 m deep2.3km²
- Algustorpasjönkm 40 · 11 m deep1.2km²
- Vikaresjönkm 43 · 12 m deep1.2km²
- Södra Gussjökm 46 · 20 m deep1.7km²
- Frösjönkm 83 · 6 m deep0.3km²
- Stora Färgenkm 94 · 10 m deep8.1km²
- Jansbergssjönkm 100 · 8 m deep0.7km²
7 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (5)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Mellbystrand16 km away18.5°C
- Tylösand strand7.4 km away18.5°C
- Långasand25 km away18.5°C
- Skallkroken15 km away · cove18.5°C
- Vassvik23 km away · cove18.5°C
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Taberg5.4 km away343m
Islands off the mouth (2)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Hallands Väderö30 km away18km²
- Tylön8.7 km away0.9km²
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
Nissan in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (1)
Also: Anderstorp River
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Sweden95 km570 m³/s140 km awayGlomma
Norway604 km720 m³/s304 km awayKlarälvenSweden460 km160 m³/s304 km awayOder
Poland854 km480 m³/s362 km awayWarnow
Germany130 km31 m³/s288 km awayMotala strömSweden100 km100 m³/s297 km awayNumedalslågenNorway358 km96 m³/s312 km awayRegaPoland168 km22 m³/s319 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q958359) · 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 | 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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