Ume River
The Ume River is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around 460 km long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake Överuman by the Norwegian border within the Scandinavian mountain range.Photo: Olsin.se, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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.
Umeå Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Umeå Airport is an airport located on the southern outskirts of the city of Umeå, Sweden. 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gimonäs and Tomtebo.
Tomtebo
Suburb
Photo: Lindenius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tomtebo is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden. It is located next to the lake Nydalasjön. Tomtebo was counted as a separate locality between 2000 and 2005, and had 633 inhabitants in 2005. Tomtebo is situated 3 km northeast of Ume River.
Ålidbacken
Suburb
Tunnelbacken previously named Ålidbacken is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden. Tunnelbacken is located about 4 km from Umeå centrum. Umeå University and the University Hospital of Umeå are both located less than 1 km from the area. Ålidbacken is situated 3½ km north of Ume River.
Ume River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Västerbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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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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Notable Places Nearby
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