Bräkneån

Bräkneån
Bräkneån in southern Småland, where it is intersected by Highway 29.
Location
Country	Sweden
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Baltic Sea
• coordinates	56°10′10″N 15°07′23″E / 56.16944°N 15.12306°E / 56.16944; 15.12306Coordinates: 56°10′10″N 15°07′23″E / 56.16944°N 15.12306°E / 56.16944; 15.12306
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	84 km (52 mi)
Basin size	462.3 km2 (178.5 sq mi)[1]

Bräkneån is a river in southern Smaland and Blekinge, Sweden, which runs through Tingsryd and Ronneby municipalities. The river's total length is 84 km, catchment area about 460 km². Bräkneån from Fish Lake City (136 m asl) in southern Småland, Tingsryd, Kronoberg County, and winds about four miles to the lake Ygden in the south (129 m asl). From Ygden go Bräkneån via Tingsryd to the lake Tiken (125 m asl) and then reaches Blekinge. (A rest stop at Bräkneån found along Highway 29, just before the Bay Area). In Blekinge passed including the village Bälganet and agglomeration Bräkne-Hoby at E22 before Bräkneån eventually flows into the Baltic Sea at Väby.

A film about Bräkneån and people in the river valley was shown on BBC1 in early 2004.^{[citation needed]}

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