Nissan (river) explained

Nissan
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:County
Length:200km (100miles)[1]
Discharge1 Avg:41m3/s
Discharge1 Max:155m3/s
Mouth:Laholmsbukten in Kattegatt
Mouth Location:Halmstad Municipality, Halland County
Mouth Coordinates:56.6556°N 12.85°W
Basin Size:2685.7km2[2]

The Nissan (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈnɪ̂sːan/) is a 200 km long river in southwest Sweden. It ends in the Kattegat bay of the North Sea in Halmstad. The straight middle and upper course of Nissan follows a branch of the Protogine Zone – a zone of crustal weakness in western Sweden.[3] Nissan drains the western part of the South Småland peneplain.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Nissan . . sv . 12 July 2010.
  2. Web site: Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige . sv . . 12 July 2010.
  3. Andréasson . Per-Gunnar . Rodhe . Agnes. 1992 . The Protogine Zone. Geology and mobility during the last 1.5 Ga . SKB technical report .
  4. Lidmar-Bergström . Karna Lidmar-Bergström . 1988 . Denudation surfaces of a shield area in southern Sweden . . 70 A . 4 . 337–350 .