Göta älv
The Göta älv is a river that drains lake Vänern into the Kattegat, at the city of Gothenburg, on the western coast of Sweden. It was formed at the end of the last glaciation, as an outflow channel from the Baltic Ice Lake to the Atlantic Ocean and nowadays it has the largest drainage basin in Scandinavia.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sweden; with the Klarälven, the longest river system in the Nordic countries
- Also known as: “Gautelfr”, “Göötajoki”, “Gota”, “Gota alv”, “Gota Alv”, “Gota älv”, “Göta alv”, “Göta Älvdalen”, “Göta älven”, “Gøta elv”, “Göta River”, “Göta-Elv”, “Götaälv”, “Götaälven”, “Gøtaelva”, “Gøtaelven”, “Gøtelv”, “Gothelbe”, “reka Göta”, “Rio Göta”, “Río Gota”, “Гета”, and “Гета-Эльв”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Old Älvsborg and Älvsborg Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nya Varvet and Eriksberg.
Nya Varvet
Suburb
Göta älv
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
57.69083° or 57° 41′ 27″ north
Longitude
11.90556° or 11° 54′ 20″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
9F9HMWR4+86
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Göta älv” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جوتا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Göta älv”
- Basque: “Göta”
- Belarusian: “Гёта-Эльв”
- Belarusian: “Ёта Эльв”
- Bulgarian: “Гьотаелвен”
- Catalan: “Göta älv”
- Catalan: “Göta Älv”
- Cebuano: “Göta älv”
- Cebuano: “Göta Älv”
- Chinese: “約塔河”
- Chinese: “约塔河”
- Croatian: “Göta älv”
- Czech: “Göta”
- Danish: “Göta älv”
- Dutch: “Göta älv”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جوتا”
- Estonian: “Göta jõgi”
- Finnish: “Götajoki”
- French: “Göta älv”
- German: “Göta älv”
- Hebrew: “יטה אלב”
- Hungarian: “Göta älv”
- Hungarian: “Göta-folyó”
- Icelandic: “Gautelfur”
- Italian: “Göta älv”
- Japanese: “イェータ川”
- Korean: “예타강”
- Ladin: “Göta älv”
- Latin: “Albis fluvius”
- Latin: “Gothelba”
- Latvian: “Jeta”
- Latvian: “Jēta”
- Lithuanian: “Jota”
- Lithuanian: “Jotaelvenas”
- Macedonian: “Јета”
- Malay: “Gota Älv”
- Malay: “Göta älv”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Göta älv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Göta älv”
- Norwegian: “Göta älv”
- Ossetian: “Гётæ-Эльв”
- Persian: “گوته الو”
- Persian: “یوتا”
- Polish: “Göta älv”
- Portuguese: “Göta älv”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gota”
- Romanian: “Göta älv”
- Russian: “Гёта-Эльв”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Göta älv”
- Slovenian: “Göta älv”
- South Azerbaijani: “یوتا چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Göta”
- Sundanese: “Göta älv”
- Sundanese: “Göta Älv”
- Swedish: “Göta älv”
- Turkish: “Göta älv”
- Ukrainian: “Гета-Ельв”
- Venetian: “Fiume Göta”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Göta”
- Western Frisian: “Göta älv”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Färjestaden and Färjenäs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Röda sten and Rya Nabbe.
Sweden: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Stockholm and Uppsala.
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