The Tana ( fi, Teno or ; sme, Deatnu ; no, Tana/Tanaelva; sv, Tana älv) is a long river in the

Sápmi (, smj, Sábme / Sámeednam, sma, Saepmie, sju, Sábmie, , , sjd, Са̄мь е̄ммьне, Saam' jiemm'n'e) is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi is in Northern and Eastern Europe and includes the ...

area of northern Fennoscandia. The river flows through

Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

and the Lapland region of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. The Sámi name means "Great River". The main tributaries of Tana are

Anarjohka Anarjohka ( se, Anárjohka, no, Anarjokka or ''Anarjohka'', fi, Inarijoki, sv, Enare älv) is a tributary of Tana River. It is about long, with a drainage area of about .Karasjohka or is a river in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The long river runs through Kautokeino Municipality and Karasjok Municipality. The river is one of the most important rivers that drains the Finnmarksvidda plateau. It flows into the famous ...

Geography

In its upper course it runs for along the Finnish–Norwegian border, between the municipalities of

Utsjoki Utsjoki (; sme, Ohcejohka ; smn, Uccjuuhâ; sms, Uccjokk; no, Utsjok) is a municipality in Finland, the northernmost in the country. It is in Lapland and borders Norway as well as the municipality of Inari. The municipality was founded in 18 ...

, Finland and

Karasjok ( se, Kárášjohka ; fkv, Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karasjok. Other villages include Dorvonjárga, Šuoššjávri, and Váljohka. Th ...

and

Tana Tana may refer to: Places Africa * Lake Tana, a lake in Ethiopia (and a source of the Nile River) * Tana Qirqos, an island in the eastern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, near the mouth of the Gumara River * Tana River County, a county of Coast P ...

, Norway. The river is the fifth longest in Norway. The last of the river run through the municipality of Tana in Norway. The river discharges into the Tanafjorden, one of the largest and most unspoiled

river delta A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or (more ra ...

s in Europe. The delta is protected and is an important home to wetland birds. There are large deposits of sand in the delta that are exposed

sandbars In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It o ...

at low tide.

Fishing

In 2022, authorities in Norway and in Finland will not permit salmon fishing (in the river).https://www.nrk.no/vestland/no-startar-laksefisket-_-i-elvane-som-ikkje-er-_tomme_-1.15985725.

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

. Retrieved 31 May 2022 The Tana is well known for its excellent

salmon Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhy ...

fishery and is the most productive salmon river in Finland and Norway. The world's record for Atlantic salmon is held by a salmon caught on the Tana; it was and was taken in 1929 by the late Nils Mathis Walle. In 2020, was the annual total of salmon captured in the river. Previously, in 2002, fishermen on the river captured an annual total of salmon with an average size of in the river. The annual sea trout catch for that year on the river was . Both Finland and Norway regulate the fishing on the river and

drift net fishing Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, hang vertically in the water column without being anchored to the bottom. The nets are kept vertical in the water by floats attached to a rope along the top of the net and wei ...

is allowed on the river.

Transportation

The

Tana Bridge The Tana Bridge ( no, Tana bru) is a bridge that crosses the Tana River in Troms og Finnmark, Norway. It is located in a village also called ''Tana bru''. The bridge was opened for traffic on 15 September 2020. It is a 260 meter long cable-staye ...

(or Nybrua) was constructed in 2020; its main span is . The

Sami Bridge The Sami Bridge ( fi, Saamen silta; se, Sámi šaldi; no, Samelandsbrua) is a cable-stayed bridge that carries the European route E75 across the Tana River between Troms og Finnmark county in Norway and Utsjoki in Finland. The bridge is long, a ...

was constructed in 1993. The European route E6 highway follows the western shoreline of the river for most of the length of the river. In winter, there are usually two

ice road An ice road or ice bridge is a human-made structure that runs on a frozen water surface (a river, a lake or a sea water expanse).Masterson, D. and Løset, S., 2011, ISO 19906: Bearing capacity of ice and ice roads, Proceedings of the 21st Inte ...

s that are in use from December to April. These roads are located near

Rustefjelbma Rustefjelbma ( sme, Ruostefielbmá) is a village in Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Tana River, about south of the mouth of the river at the Tanafjorden. The village of Bonakas ...

and near

Polmak Polmak ( and ) is a village in Tana Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the river Tana, just east of the border with Finland (and the northernmost point of Finland). The village ...

, and have a weight limit of , but few other limitations.

References

External links

Historiker: – En stor skandale innen naturforvaltning
istorian: – A great scandal in regard to conservation of nature(10 April 2021)

Angling in Tana river
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