River
Torne River
470 km from source to mouth · Sweden and Finland.
Sweden and FinlandFlows into Bothnian Bay1st longest in Sweden
In numbers
Length
470km
Average flow
380m³/s
Basin
40,240km²
Drop
422m
from 426 m to 4 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
470 km of river and 47 stops on the way: 5 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 426 m
- 0 kmAbiskojaure2.8 km²
- 21 kmVuoskojaure0.7 km²
- 28 kmTuoptejaure0.3 km²
- 41 kmVartojauratjah0.3 km²
- 42 kmMuotkadakjaure0.4 km²
- 65 kmTorneträsk327 km²
- 75 kmJekejaure10 km²
- 85 kmRautojaure1.5 km²
- 87 kmAlajaure11 km²
- 91 kmVakojaure4.1 km²
- 98 kmNuorajärvi2.3 km²
- 99 kmAlanen Vuolusjärvi6.7 km²
- 101 kmMettä Kallojärvi0.9 km²
- 103 kmKirkovärtijärvi1.0 km²
- 108 kmKaperasjärvi0.7 km²
- 121 kmSautusjärvi24 km²
- 124 kmKuotsajärvi0.3 km²
- 126 kmJukkasjärvi13 km²
- 149 kmSoitolajärvi0.4 km²
- 157 kmÄijärvi0.5 km²
- 158 kmKallokkajärvi0.7 km²
- 161 kmPysäjärvi0.4 km²
- 174 kmNutukkajärvi0.4 km²
- 217 kmMustaniemenjärvi0.6 km²
- 219 kmIsojärvi0.6 km²
- 219 kmPussujärvi0.4 km²
- 230 kmTuppijärvi0.8 km²
- 282 kmMuonio Rivertributary
- 312 kmNaamijokitributary
- 325 kmKivijärvi0.4 km²
- 330 kmPello3,182 people
- 344 kmPaamajärvi3.3 km²
- 358 kmKattilakoski
- 372 kmKuivajärvi0.9 km²
- 376 kmAavasaksa
- 377 kmÖvertorneå Municipality3,973 people
- 378 kmAavasaksa Bridge
- 383 kmTengeliönjokitributary
- 383 kmYlitornio3,765 people
- 419 kmKarunki Church
- 440 kmKaupunginlahti0.6 km²
- 441 kmTornio21,018 people
- 442 kmHannula Bridge
- 442 kmTornionjoki Bridge
- 442 kmHaparanda6,292 people
- 443 kmAlatornio Church
- 443 kmTorne River Railway Bridge
- 470 kmBothnian Bayat 4 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in northern Sweden and Finland
At the mouth it carries 380 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 6.6 seconds. It drops from 426 m to 4 m, 0.9 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 40,240 km², about the size of CH. 59,000 people live in it. Highest water, with the snowmelt: from May to July; lowest: from January to April. Its dams hold back little of its water (7.7% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- TornioLargest city on its banks · 21,018 people
- Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 22 km from the cityCar hire at RVN airport (Rovaniemi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water24 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe5 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- JulyThe best months to visit
Torne River, month by month
Highest water: from May to July
Lowest water: from January to April. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from November to March. Melting snow makes up much of its water. Best months to visit: July.
From about 240 m³/s in the lowest month to 810 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
Torne River: the basin in numbers
40,542 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 59,000people live in the basin
- 2/km²people per km²
- 388maverage altitude of the basin
- 496mmof rain a year (basin average)
- -1.7°Caverage air temperature
- 21%protected areas
- 4.3%covered by lakes
- 13%permafrost
- 1.0km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 59% 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
Torne River: what you find on the way
- 2Weirs
- 3WaterfallsKengis fors
- 5RapidsJölketkurkkio, Korpikoski, Kukkolankoski and 2 more
- 21Boat rampsNivanpään Telaranta and 20 more
- 3MarinasPukulmin venesatama
- 12River beachesIsojärvi badplats, Jolmanputaan uimaranta, BRO -stranden and 9 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.2 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Torne River 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.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
31lakes on its wayLakeyas
16beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
11mountains at the sourcePeakyas
8islands off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Kattilakoskikm 372
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (31)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Abiskojaurekm 02.8km²
- Torneträskkm 68 · 168 m deep327km²
- Jekejaurekm 7810km²
- Alajaurekm 9011km²
- Kirkovärtijärvikm 1071.0km²
- Sautusjärvikm 12624km²
- Jukkasjärvikm 13113km²
- Paamajärvikm 3583.3km²
23 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (16)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Laiskanlahtikm 462 · cove15.2°C
- Kiikelinlahti19 km away · cove15.4°C
- Kurkisenlahti8.6 km away · cove15.2°C
- Laivaniemenlahti7.0 km away · cove15.3°C
- Tuomilahti23 km away · cove15.4°C
- Mustanlahti3.7 km away · cove15.2°C
- Letonlahti4.9 km away · cove15.2°C
- Selleenlahti3.3 km away · cove15.2°C
8 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (11)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Njullá6.0 km away1,169m
- Kårsanjonnje3.3 km away738m
- Tjåmuhas7.6 km away
- Slåttatjåkko4.3 km away
- Siellatjåkko9.5 km away
- Pallentjåkka12 km away
- Njulja6.0 km away
- Ladnatjårro8.9 km away
3 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (8)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Kataja11 km away0.7km²
- Röyttä5.6 km away1.3km²
- Keminkraaseli28 km away
- Selkä-Sarvi22 km away0.3km²
- Inakari24 km away
- Pirkkiö1.3 km away
- Kuivanuoro14 km away6.5km²
- Housukari24 km away10km²
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
Torne River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (6)
Also: Lainio River, Tengeliönjoki, Rautas River, Naamijoki, Pentäsrivier
Nearby
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| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q121538) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point 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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