Skiensvassdraget river system

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The Skiensvassdraget river system is one of Norway’s major interconnected waterways, draining large parts of Telemark through a chain of lakes and rivers to the Skagerrak coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river system
connectedBy Telemark Canal
country Norway
drainageDirection northwest-to-southeast
drainsRegion large parts of Telemark
emptiesInto Skagerrak
flowsThrough Kviteseid municipality
Midt-Telemark municipality
Nome municipality
Notodden municipality
Porsgrunn
Skien
Tokke municipality
hasCulturalImportanceFor Telemark
hasEconomicImportanceFor Telemark
hasLockSystem Telemark Canal locks
linked to: Telemark Canal
hasPart Bandak
Bøelva
Flåvatn
Heddalsvatnet
Kviteseidvatn
Nomevatn
Norsjø
Skienselva
languageOfName Norwegian
locatedIn Telemark
Vestfold og Telemark county
majorRiverSystemOf Norway
mouthLocatedIn Skagerrak coast
namedAfter Skien
notableFor chain of large lakes
series of dams and locks
partOf Telemark watercourse network
linked to: Lower Telemark
region Eastern Norway
terminusNear Porsgrunn
Skien
usedFor hydropower production
inland navigation
recreation
timber floating (historically)
waterwayType interconnected lakes and rivers

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Norsjø partOf Skiensvassdraget river system
Reisaelva drainageBasin Reisavassdraget watershed
linked to: Skiensvassdraget river system
Porsgrunn River partOf Skienselva river system
linked to: Skiensvassdraget river system
Tinnelva watercourseSystem Skienselva river system
linked to: Skiensvassdraget river system