Ume River

The Ume River is one of the main rivers in northern . It is around 460 km long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake Överuman by the border within the Scandinavian mountain range.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Västerbotten, Sweden
  • Also known as: Ume Älf”, “Ume älv”, “Ume river”, “Umeälv”, “Umealven”, and “Umeälven

Places of Interest

Highlights include Umeå Airport and Grössjön.

Aerodrome
is an airport located on the southern outskirts of the city of , . As of 2019, it is the seventh-largest airport in Sweden. It had 960,351 passengers in 2019. By road, the airport is located about 5.4 kilometres from Umeå city centre.

Nature reserve
is a nature reserve.

Church
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gimonäs and Tomtebo.

Suburb
Photo: Xanor, CC0.
is a residential area in , .

Suburb
is a residential area in , . It is located next to the lake . was counted as a separate locality between 2000 and 2005, and had 633 inhabitants in 2005. is situated 3 km northeast of Ume River.

Hamlet
is a small locality situated in , County, , with 75 inhabitants in 2005. The Tavlefjärden Nature Reserve lies directly east of the village. is situated 4 km east of Ume River.

Ume River

Latitude
63.78188° or 63° 46′ 55″ north
Longitude
20.3096° or 20° 18′ 35″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
9GM2Q8J5+QR
Geo­Names ID
602148
Wiki­data ID
Q51845
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Ume River” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Ումե ալվ
  • Asturian: Ríu Ume älv
  • Basque: Ume
  • Belarusian: Умеэльвен
  • Belarusian: Умэ Эльв
  • Bosnian: Ume
  • Bulgarian: Умеелвен
  • Cebuano: Umeälven
  • Chinese: 于默河
  • Czech: Ume
  • Danish: Ume älv
  • Dutch: Ume älv
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ام الڤ
  • Finnish: Uumajanjoki
  • French: Umeälven
  • Georgian: უმეელვენი
  • German: Ume älv
  • Hebrew: אומאלבן
  • Hebrew: נהר אומאו
  • Hungarian: Ume-folyó
  • Hungarian: Umeälven
  • Italian: Ume
  • Japanese: ウメ川
  • Ladin: Ume älv
  • Lithuanian: Umė
  • Lithuanian: Umeelvenas
  • Macedonian: Река Уме
  • Macedonian: Уме
  • Mingrelian: უმეელვენი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ume älv
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ume älv
  • Norwegian: Umeälven
  • Ossetian: Умеэльвен
  • Polish: Umeälven
  • Portuguese: Rio Ume
  • Portuguese: Umeälven
  • Romanian: Râul Ume
  • Romanian: Ume älv
  • Romanian: Umeälven
  • Romanian: Uumajanjoki
  • Russian: Уме-Эльв
  • Russian: Умеоэльф
  • Russian: Умеэльвен
  • Slovenian: reka Ume
  • Slovenian: Ume älv
  • Slovenian: Ume
  • South Azerbaijani: اومه چایی
  • Spanish: Río Ume
  • Spanish: Ume
  • Swedish: Ume älv
  • Swedish: Umeälven
  • Turkish: Ume älv
  • Turkish: Ume Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Умеельвен
  • Ume Sami: Ubmejejiännuo
  • Venetian: Fiume Ume
  • Vietnamese: Sông Ume

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Stor-Sandskär and Strömpilen.

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