Lule River
Lule River is a major river in Sweden, rising in northern Sweden and flowing southeast for 460 km before reaching the Gulf of Bothnia at Luleå. It is the second largest river by watershed area and length in Norrbotten County, but is the largest by average discharge.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sweden
- Also known as: “‘stora luleälven’”, “Flumen Lulae”, “Lule ælv”, “Lule Älf”, “Lule alv”, “Lule älv, Luleälven”, “Lule Elf”, “Lule elv”, “Lule-älven”, “Luleå älv”, “Lulea Elf”, “Luleä River”, “Luleälv”, “Lulealven”, “Luleelva”, “Luleelven”, “Luleelvenas”, “Lulerivier”, “Lulevassdraget”, “Rio Lulea”, “Río Lulea”, “Stora harspranget”, “Stora harsprånget”, “Stora Lule älv”, “Stora Luleälv”, “Stora Luleälven”, “Луле-Эльв”, and “ルレ川”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Arcushallen and Norrbottens järnvägsmuseum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gäddvik and Karlsvik.
Bergnäset
Suburb
Lule River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.58714° or 65° 35′ 14″ north
Longitude
22.04149° or 22° 2′ 29″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9GQ4H2PR+VH
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Lule River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լուլե Էլվ”
- Armenian: “Լուլե-Էլվ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Lule”
- Basque: “Lule ibaia”
- Breton: “Lule”
- Bulgarian: “Люлеелвен”
- Catalan: “Lule”
- Catalan: “Riu Lule”
- Cebuano: “Luleälven”
- Chinese: “吕勒河”
- Chinese: “呂勒河”
- Czech: “Lule”
- Danish: “Lule älv”
- Dutch: “Lule älv”
- Estonian: “Luleälven”
- Finnish: “Luulajanjoki”
- French: “Luleälven”
- Galician: “Río Lule”
- Georgian: “ლულეელვენი”
- German: “Lule älv”
- Greek: “Λουλέ (ποταμός)”
- Hungarian: “Luleälven”
- Irish: “Abhainn Lule”
- Italian: “Lule”
- Japanese: “ルーレ川”
- Korean: “룰 강”
- Korean: “룰강”
- Korean: “룰레강”
- Latin: “Lula fluvius”
- Lithuanian: “Liuleelvenas”
- Lithuanian: “Lulė”
- Lule Sami: “Julevädno”
- Macedonian: “Луле”
- Mingrelian: “ლულეელვენი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lule älv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lule älv”
- Norwegian: “Luleälven”
- Polish: “Luleälven”
- Portuguese: “Luleälven”
- Portuguese: “Rio Lule”
- Russian: “Лулеэльвен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lule(rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lule”
- South Azerbaijani: “لوله چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Lule”
- Swedish: “Lule älv”
- Turkish: “Lule Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Лулеельвен”
- Welsh: “Afon Lule”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gäddvik and Norra Gäddvik.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Granden and Arcushallen.
Norrbotten County: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Luleå and Kiruna.
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