Karasjohka
Karasjohka Kárášjohka, Karasjokka, Kaarasjoki |
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Karasjohka in the Norwegian-Finnish border area |
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location | Troms og Finnmark ( Norway ) | |
River system | Tanaelva | |
Drain over | Tanaelva → Barents Sea | |
origin | several small rivers 68 ° 44 ′ 15 ″ N , 24 ° 14 ′ 14 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 400 moh. | |
muzzle | 15 km behind Karasjok union with the Inarijoki to Tanaelva Coordinates: 69 ° 26 '8 " N , 25 ° 48' 16" E 69 ° 26 '8 " N , 25 ° 48' 16" E
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length | 166 km | |
Catchment area | 5060 km² | |
Drain |
MQ |
56.6 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Iešjohka | |
Right tributaries | Bávttajohka | |
Communities | Karasjok |
The Karasjohka ( North Sami Kárášjohka; Norwegian Karasjokka ; Finnish Kaarasjoki ) is a river in the Troms og Finnmark in northern Norway .
geography
It rises in the low mountain range in the south of Norway's part of Lapland . It flows from southwest to northeast through an inaccessible forest and lake area. Later it meanders through a wide gravel bed. Just before the confluence with the Tanaelv , the municipality of Karasjok is the only larger settlement on the river. The largest tributaries are Iešjohka from the west and Bávttajohka from the south.
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