Tornio River basin

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The Tornio River basin is the drainage area in northern Scandinavia that collects the waters of the Tornio (Torne) River and its tributaries before they flow into the Gulf of Bothnia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tornio River Valley 3
Tornio River basin canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
hydrological basin
river basin
altName Torne River basin
borderFunction forms part of the border between Finland and Sweden
climate subarctic climate
containsFeature lakes
mires
mountainous headwaters
wetlands
country Finland
Sweden
dominantLandCover boreal forest
drainageTo Baltic Sea
drainedBy Torne River NERFINISHED
Tornio River
ecoregion Scandinavian and Russian taiga
emptiesInto Gulf of Bothnia
flowsAlongBorderOf Finland
Sweden
flowsIntoCountry Finland
hasEconomicActivity fishing
hydropower potential
hasOutletCity Haparanda
Tornio
hasRecreationActivity angling
canoeing
rafting
hasSeasonalProcess river ice cover in winter
spring snowmelt floods
hasTributaryRiver Käymäjoki
Lainio River NERFINISHED
Muonio River NERFINISHED
Tärendö River
languageRegion Finnish
Swedish
locatedIn Fennoscandia
Northern Europe
Scandinavia
mainRiverMouth near city of Tornio
partOf Baltic Sea drainage basin
region Lapland
Norrbotten County
riverSystem Tornio–Muonio river system
linked to: Tornio River
transboundary true
waterBodyType freshwater

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torne River partOf Tornio River basin
Norrbotten County contains Tornio River Valley
linked to: Tornio River basin
Tornedalians culturalRegion Tornio River Valley
linked to: Tornio River basin
Sweden and Finland borderRegion Tornio River Valley
linked to: Tornio River basin
Torne älv partOf Tornio River basin