Kävlinge River

Kävlinge River (Kävlingeån in Swedish, but also known as Lödde å between the town of Kävlinge and the mouth near Löddeköpinge) is the name of a small river on the flat lands of Scania in southern Sweden.

Kävlinge River Lödde å
Kävlinge River near Gårdstånga
Native name	Kävlingeån (Swedish)
Location
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne
Physical characteristics
Source	Vombsjön
• coordinates	55°41′54″N 13°33′19″E
• elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Mouth	Lommabukten in Öresund
• coordinates	55°43′45″N 12°59′45″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	90 km (56 mi)[1]
Basin size	1,203.8 km2 (464.8 sq mi)[2]

It starts at the lake Vombsjön and ends in the Öresund strait.^[1] The river is only 50 km long but played an important role in the Battle of Lund in 1676.

References

1. "Kävlingeån". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 July 2010. (subscription required)
2. "Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2010.