River facts

Water power

The Ume River and the the river system is situated in the Southern Lapland and the county of Vasterbotten (north
Sweden) including Juktan River, the Lais River and Vindeln River, the two later free-flowing tributary.

The catchment area of Ume River covers 16,800 km2 and consists of river reaches and lakes, and goes from the lake Överuman on the border between Norway and Sweden, and empties into the Gulf of Bothnia near the city of Umeå with a discharge/volume of 450 m3/s. The main river channel of the Ume River is about 470 km long, falling from about 520 m above the sea level at the lake Överuman, to the sea level.

The highest mountain in the catchment (Norra Storfjället) reaches 1,767 m above sea level.

Where the dam of the Bålforsen power station now stands, the river crosses the former highest coastline attained following the last ice age.

VATTENFALLS
HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION
ALONG UME RIVER
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Stornorrfors 581MW
Tuggen 105 MW
Umsluspen 94 MW
Grundfors 90 MW
Ajaure 70 MW
Gejmån 65 MW
Gardikfors 60 MW
Stensele 50 MW
Rusfors 45 MW
Juktan 26 MW

SYDKRAFTS
HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION
ALONG UME RIVER
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Betsele 25 MW
Bjurfors nedre 78 MW
Bjurfors övre 42 MW
Bålforsen 88 MW
Harrsele 223 MW
Hällforsen 22 MW
Pengfors 52 MW

Power Production

Electical Links

• Lule river 14,4 TWh
• Skellefte river 4,2 TWh
• Ume river 6,2 TWh
• Ångerman river 6,3 TWh
• Fax river 3,2 TWh
• Indals river 9,0 TWh
• Ljungan river 1,7 TWh
• Ljusnan river 3,6 TWh
• Dal river 4,9 TWh
• Klar river 1,6 TWh
• Göta river 1,6TWh
• Other rivers 4,5 TWh

Totalt 62,1 TWh