Tana river (Finnish: Teno or Tenojoki; Northern Sami: Deatnu; Norwegian: Tanaelva; Swedish: Tana älv), is a 330 kilometres (210 mi) long river in Sápmi, in the Norwegian county of in Finnmark and the Lapland (Finland) of Finland. The Sámi name means "Great River".
In its upper course it runs for 256 km (159 mi) along the Finnish–Norwegian border, between the municipalities of Utsjoki, Finland and Karasjok and Tana, Norway. The river is the third ...
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