Tidan is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. It is one of few Swedish rivers that flow north. The river can be canoed from
Bottnaryd () to
Mariestad
Mariestad () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Mariestad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,611 inhabitants in 2019. Until 1997 it was the capital of the former Skaraborg County and an episcopal see in the ...
(), a trip that takes 710 days.
Gallery
File:Portage with timber skids on Tidan River, Sweden.jpg, Canoe portage on the Tidan River using timber skids, nearby to road bridge F1838
File:Tidan River in Ettaks stroemmar nature reserve near service bridge.jpg, Tidan River in Ettaks strömmar nature reserve, looking upstream with service bridge in background
File:Tidan River in Ettaks stroemmar nature reserve.jpg, Tidan River looking upstream from east bank in Ettaks strömmar nature reserve
File:Canoeing the Tidan River near Lagerfors, Sweden.jpg, Canoeing the Tidan River near Lagerfors
File:Historic covered bridge on Tidan River, Sweden.jpg, Historic covered bridge on the Tidan River
File:Cows grazing on Tidan River, Sweden.jpg, Cows grazing on banks of the Tidan River, within the bounds of the Östens naturreservat
File:Lake Oesten nature reserve in Sweden.jpg, Lake Östen, a nature reserve in Sweden, looking approximately west
File:Lake Oesten nature reserve on the Tidan River in Sweden.jpg, Lake Östen, a nature reserve on the Tidan River
References
Rivers of Västra Götaland County
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