into two, with the northern part being the Nordre älv and the southern part keeping the name Göta älv; the two arms of the river enclose the island of...
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The battles at Göta älv were a series of battles and sieges which took place in and around the Gothenburg area between 1717 and 1719, between the Swedish...
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16°10′24″E / 58.49827°N 16.17332°E / 58.49827; 16.17332 The Göta Canal (Swedish: Göta kanal) is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century...
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series of earlier settlements on the lower Göta Älv, including one which also bore the name Gothenburg. The Göta Älv has been of crucial importance throughout...
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the Göta Älv at Bohus, and is defined to the east and south by the main arm of that river, to the north by the smaller arm (known as the Nordre Älv), and...
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Byälven and Norsälven. It is drained to the south-west by Göta älv, which forms part of the Göta Canal waterway, to Lake Viken into Lake Vättern, southeast...
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Göta älv (Old Norse: Gautelfr). It might also have been a conflation of the word Gauti with a gloss of Goths. In the 17th century the name Göta älv,...
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and English name Gothenburg. The Swedish name was given after the Göta älv, called Göta River in English, and other cities ending in -borg. Both the Swedish...
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Swedish gymnast Göta, Sweden Göta älv, a river in Sweden Göta älvbron, a bridge in Gothenburg Göta Canal, a waterway in Sweden Göta Court of Appeal,...
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Lilla Bommen (section Göta boat)
the starting point for cargo and passenger ships going up the Göta älv, through the Göta Canal, then across lakes Vänern and Vättern to Stockholm and Norrköping...
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villages and towns grew up and the population grew fastest. The large river Göta Älv drains the third largest lake in Europe, Lake Vänern. At its mouth (where...
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Maritiman is a floating maritime museum on the Göta Älv, in Gothenburg, Sweden. The museum's collection comprises 19 vessels, the oldest being HSwMS Sölve...
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of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in...
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Sweden. Together with Göta älv, which it is called as the river has passed through the lake Vänern, thus regarded as an entity, Göta älv—Klarälven is the longest...
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action in one conflict, the Great Northern War. During the Middle Ages, the Göta Älv river represented Sweden's sole point of access to the North Sea, as the...
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on the River Göta in Sweden. It is currently housed in the Gothenburg Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. Lorentzon, Mona (1993). Kring Göta älv: studier i en...
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Götaälvbron (redirect from Göta Älvbron)
Götaälvbron (Göta älv Bridge) was a bascule bridge in central Gothenburg, Sweden, carrying normal road vehicles and trams. The bridge was constructed in...
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the rest of its watercourse it was laid out through the riverbed of the Göta Älv river. The highest point of the Trollhätte Canal is at the Lake Vänern...
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(born 1989), Japanese mixed martial artist Gota, Gujarat, a city in India Göta älv, a river in Sweden Gota, Guinea, a town in the Nzérékoré Prefecture...
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choice of home port was Gothenburg at Sweden's west coast, the mouth of Göta älv river is very wide and has the county's largest and best harbour for high-seas...
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northeast of Gothenburg next to the euro highway E45, east of the river Göta Älv. Nödinge community was originally called Kyrkby and has been the site of...
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level, included Lake Vänern, and drained westward through three outlets at Göta Älv, Uddevalla and Otteid. As result of the continued isostatic uplift of Sweden...
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Magnus's view, the border with Sweden should be set further east: at the Göta älv river, through the Vänern lake and north to the province of Värmland. He...
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Its position on a high hill (Masthugget) close to the city and near the Göta älv makes it a striking sight – the church tower is 60 m (200 ft) high in itself...
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Indalsälven Ångermanälven Ume älv Skellefte älv Pite älv Lule älv Kalix älv Torne älv Lagan Nissan Ätran Viskan Göta älv - Klarälven (via Lake Vänern)...
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Trollhättan Falls is a waterfall in the Göta river (Göta älv) in Sweden. The falls starts at Malgö Bridge in central Trollhättan, and has a total height...
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Scania. Major waterways that drain into the Kattegat are the rivers of Göta älv at Gothenburg, together with the Lagan, Nissan, Ätran and Viskan in the...
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voluminous river) Neman - 678 m3/s (23,900 cu ft/s) Göta älv - 575 m3/s (20,300 cu ft/s) Lule älv - 505 m3/s (17,800 cu ft/s) Ångermanälven - 500 m3/s...
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the noblemen of both countries brought the two kings together at the Göta älv. They made peace and agreed that the first of them to die would be succeeded...
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most distant source to the sea) and the rating of the nominal lengths. Göta älv, a tributary of the Kattegat, is not listed, as due to the northward upper...
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