Stångån
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 Location of Stångån |
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| location | Östergötland County , Kalmar County ( Sweden ) | |
| River system | Motala stream | |
| Drain over | Motala stream → Baltic Sea | |
| origin | Lake Möckeln in the municipality of Kinda 57 ° 49 ′ 39 ″ N , 15 ° 34 ′ 31 ″ E |
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| Source height | 177 m above sea level | |
| muzzle | in Linköping in the lake Roxen Coordinates: 58 ° 26 '47 " N , 15 ° 37' 20" E 58 ° 26 '47 " N , 15 ° 37' 20" E |
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| Mouth height | 34 m ö.h. | |
| Height difference | 143 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.77 ‰ | |
| length | 185 km | |
| Catchment area | 2440 km² | |
| Flowing lakes | Skirsjön , Krön , Juttern , Åsunden , Järnlunden , Stora Rängen , Ärlången | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Storebrodamm | |
| Big cities | Linkoping | |
| Small towns | Vimmerby | |
| Communities | Storebro , Rimforsa , Sturefors | |
 The Stångån in Linköping |
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The Stångån is a 185 km long river in northern Småland and southern Östergötland in Sweden .
The river has its source in Lake Möckeln (177 m above sea level ) in the south of the municipality of Kinda in Östergötland and initially flows southeast into Småland. Behind Storebro it bends north and leads past Vimmerby , through the lakes Krön (104 m above sea level) and Juttern (103 m above sea level) back to Östergötland. It then leads through the lakes Åsunden (86 m above sea level), Järnlunden (86 m above sea level), Stora Rängen (85 m above sea level) and Ärlången (57 m above sea level) to the Östgöta plain. There it flows through Linköping and finally flows into Lake Roxen (34 m above sea level), which in turn flows into the Motala stream . The Stångån is after the Svartån the second largest tributary of the Motala stream.
The catchment area of Stångån is 2,440 km². Between the Åsunden and Roxen rivers, Stångån has been upgraded to the Kinda Canal and is navigable.
Historically, Stångån formed the borderline between southern Östergötland's two halves, Västanstång and Östanstång . An important trade route ran here.
