Skjern Å

Skjern Å
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location	Region Syddanmark and Region Midtjylland , Jutland , Denmark
River system	Ringkøbing Fjord
Source height	70  moh
muzzle	west of Skjern in the Ringkøbing Fjord ( North Sea ) Coordinates: 55 ° 54 '46 "  N , 8 ° 23' 10"  E 55 ° 54 '46 "  N , 8 ° 23' 10"  E
length	94 km
Catchment area	2100 km²

The Skjern Å is the richest river in Jutland and also in Denmark . It rises 12 km west of Horsens in the Tinnet Krat nature reserve . Shortly after the source, it flows through two small lakes near the Nedergård Skov (forest). After about 94 kilometers in a westerly direction, the river flows into the Ringkøbing Fjord near Skjern , a lagoon on the west coast of the peninsula. The Ringkøbing Fjord is connected to the open North Sea by a lake at Hvide Sande .

Two kilometers west-southwest of the source of Skjern Å rises the Gudenå , Denmark's longest river, which flows mainly northwards at Randers to the east into the Kattegat .

Skjern Å at OpenStreetMap

See also

• List of watercourses in Denmark
• List of the largest rivers that flow into the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Sand-Jensen K., Friberg N. & Murphy J, eds. 2000. De strømmende Vande, 1st udgave. Gads Forlag, København, Denmark.