Karasjohka

Karasjohka Kárášjohka, Karasjokka, Kaarasjoki
Karasjohka in the Norwegian-Finnish border area
Data
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
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
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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