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Aura River
Aura River may refer to one of the following rivers: * Aura (Sinn), a river in Bavaria, Germany * Aura River (Finland), a river in southwestern Finland * Aura (Norway) The Aura is a river in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It starts at the lake Aursjøen in the Romsdalsalpane mountains and flows first to the west and then north-west through the village of Eikesdalen before finally emptying ..., a river in Nesset Municipality, Norway * Aurá River, a river in Maranhão state, Brazil {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura (Sinn)
The Aura () is a tributary of the Sinn River in Bavaria, Germany. Name The name Aura originates from the Old High German ''Uraha''. The word ''ur'' meant Aurochs, and the word ''aha'' meant stream,Wolf-Armin Reitzenstein:''Lexikon bayerischer Ortsnamen. Herkunft und Bedeutung''. meaning it was a river where Aurochs lived. The river gives the Gemeinde Aura im Sinngrund its name. Course The river originates in the in a valley near Aura im Sinngrund and flows in a southerly direction. In Fellen, it meets its largest tributary, the Fellach. At its mouth, the Aura then turns to the east. The mouth of the river is in Burgsinn, where it flows into the Flutgraben, an anabranch of the Sinn See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach * Affinger Bach * Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiterach * Alpbach *Alster * Altmühl * Alz * Amper * Anlauter * Arbach * Arbachgraben * Aschaff * Aschbach * Attel * Aubach, tributa ... Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura River (Finland)
The Aura River ( Finnish ''Aurajoki'' ; Swedish ''Aura å'') is a river in south-western Finland. It originates in Oripää, and it flows through Pöytyä, Aura, Lieto, and ultimately the city of Turku before discharging into the Archipelago Sea. The waters of the Aura river are brown. The total length of the river is about , and it contains eleven rapids, the biggest of which is Nautelankoski at Lieto. The reserve tap water for Turku Region is drawn from the Aura, the city's secondary waterworks being situated by the Halinen rapids. The word "Aura" appears to come from an archaic Swedish word for waterway (''aathra'', which is still current in the form ''ådra''), but in Finnish it translates as "plough," a name the river lives up to. Situated in an agricultural zone, it is made turbid by surface runoff from nearby farms with eutrophication as the biggest threat. Its condition has been improving since the 1970s and the Aura river is now clean enough to support salmon. The b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura (Norway)
The Aura is a river in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It starts at the lake Aursjøen in the Romsdalsalpane mountains and flows first to the west and then north-west through the village of Eikesdalen before finally emptying into the large lake Eikesdalsvatnet. The river is long and has a catchment area of . Under natural conditions the river would have an average water flow at the mouth of , but this has been greatly reduced because of power development. In the 1950s, both the main river and most tributaries were transferred to the Aura power plant in Sunndal Municipality. See also *List of rivers in Norway The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: # Glomma, # Tana, # Pasvikelva and Ivalo, (109 km in Norway) # Numedalslågen, # Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, # Drammensvassdraget (Drammenselva, # Hallingda ... References Molde Rivers of Møre og Romsdal Rivers of Norway {{Norway-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |