Kalix River
The Kalix River is one of the four major rivers of Norrland, northern Sweden, that are untouched by water power constructions. It is 461 kilometres long, flowing up to the Kebnekaise mountain range in Kiruna Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river of Northern Sweden
- Also known as: “Kalix Älf”, “Kalix älv”, “Kalixälven”, “Kalixelf”, and “Vindelälven”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Båtskärsnäs.
Båtskärsnäs
Village
Photo: Mestos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Båtskärsnäs is a locality situated in Kalix Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 296 inhabitants in 2010. Båtskärsnäs is situated 9 km east of Kalix River.
Kalix River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kalix River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Kalix”
- Belarusian: “Калікс Эльв”
- Belarusian: “Каліксэльвен”
- Belarusian: “Рака Калікс Эльв”
- Belarusian: “Рака Каліксэльвен”
- Bulgarian: “Каликселвен”
- Catalan: “riu Kalix”
- Catalan: “Riu Kalix”
- Cebuano: “Kalixälven”
- Chinese: “卡利克斯河”
- Czech: “Kalix”
- Czech: “Kalixälven”
- Danish: “Kalixælven”
- Danish: “Kalixälven”
- Dutch: “Kalixalven”
- Dutch: “Kalixälven”
- Dutch: “Kalixrivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كاليكس”
- Esperanto: “rivero Kalix”
- Finnish: “Kaalasväylä”
- Finnish: “Kainuunjoki”
- Finnish: “Kainuunväylä”
- Finnish: “Kalix älv”
- Finnish: “Kalixälven”
- Finnish: “Kalixjoki”
- French: “Kalixalven”
- French: “Kalixälven”
- Georgian: “კალიქსეელვენი”
- German: “Kalix älv”
- German: “Kalixälv”
- German: “Kalixälven”
- Hebrew: “קאליסאלבן”
- Hungarian: “Kalixälven”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kalix”
- Italian: “Kalix”
- Japanese: “カーリクス川”
- Japanese: “カリクス川”
- Korean: “칼릭스 강”
- Korean: “칼릭스강”
- Lithuanian: “Kaliksas”
- Lithuanian: “Kalikselvenas”
- Macedonian: “Каликс”
- Mingrelian: “კალიქსეელვენი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalix älv”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalix elv”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalixälven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalixelven”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalix älv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalixälven”
- Norwegian: “Kalixälven”
- Ossetian: “Каликсэльвен”
- Persian: “رود کلیکس”
- Polish: “Kalix”
- Polish: “Kalixälven”
- Portuguese: “Kalix älv”
- Portuguese: “Kalixälven”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kalix”
- Russian: “Каликс”
- Russian: “Каликсэльвен”
- South Azerbaijani: “کلیکس چایی”
- Spanish: “Kalixalven”
- Spanish: “Kalixälven”
- Spanish: “Rio Kalix”
- Spanish: “Río Kalix”
- Swedish: “Kalix älv”
- Swedish: “Kalixälven”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “Kaalasväylä”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “Kaihnuunväylä”
- Turkish: “Kalix Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Калікс-Ельв”
- Ukrainian: “Каліксельвен”
- Welsh: “Afon Kalix”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jyssen and Nyborg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Slussen and Båtön.
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