Ylläsjoki

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Ylläsjoki
Data
Water code FI : 67.37
location Lapland ( Finland )
River system Torne alv
Drain over Muonio älv  → Torne älv  → Baltic Sea
origin Lake Ylläsjärvi
67 ° 30 ′ 41 ″  N , 24 ° 18 ′ 22 ″  E
Source height 193.2  m
muzzle Muonionjoki coordinates: 67 ° 20 ′ 55 "  N , 23 ° 49 ′ 22"  E 67 ° 20 ′ 55 "  N , 23 ° 49 ′ 22"  E

length 61 km
Communities Ylläsjärvi , Kolari

The Ylläsjoki is a river in the west of Finnish Lapland .

It has its origins in the winter sports area of Ylläsjärvi at the foot of Yllästunturi in Lake Ylläsjärvi . From there it flows through the municipality of Kolari in a south-westerly direction. It has numerous meanders. After 61 km it reaches the Muonionjoki , in whose eastern river arm it flows at the place Kolari. It therefore belongs to the Finnish part of the Tornionjoki catchment area .

Individual evidence

  1. JÄRVIWIKI - Ylläsjärvi (67.372.1.001)