Viskan

	Viskan
	River
	Viskan where it runs through Borås
Country	Sweden
Counties	Västra Götaland County, Halland County
	Tributaries
- left	Häggån, Slottsån
- right	Munkån, Surteån
City	Borås
Landmark	Viska Valley (Viskadalen)
Source	Tolken
- location	Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County , Sweden
- elevation	226 m (741 ft) [1]
- coordinates	57°47′30″N13°15′00″E / 57.79167°N 13.25000°E
Mouth	Klosterfjorden, Kattegatt
- location	Varberg Municipality, Halland County , Sweden
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates	57°13′30″N12°12′20″E / 57.22500°N 12.20556°E Coordinates: 57°13′30″N12°12′20″E / 57.22500°N 12.20556°E
Length	140 km (87 mi) [2]
Basin	2,202.1 km2 (850 sq mi) [3]
Discharge
- average	34 m3/s (1,201 cu ft/s) [2]

Last updated April 15, 2019

Viskan is a river in the south west of Sweden. It is about 140 kilometers long. It starts in the lake Tolken outside Ulricehamn and has its outlet in the Kattegatt. It runs through Borås.

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague.

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The lake Tolken is the source of the Swedish river Viskan. It is located west of Ulricehamn.

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References

↑ "Viskan". Nordisk Familjebok (in Swedish). 32 (2 ed.). 1921. pp. 838–839. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
1 2 "Viskan". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 July 2010. (subscription required)
↑ "Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute . Retrieved 11 July 2010.

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[nf-1] "Viskan". Nordisk Familjebok (in Swedish). 32 (2 ed.). 1921. pp. 838–839. Retrieved 11 July 2010.

[ne-2] 1 2 "Viskan". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 July 2010. (subscription required)

[3] "Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute . Retrieved 11 July 2010.