The Ume River is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around 460 km (290 mi) long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake Överuman by the Norwegian border within the Scandinavian mountain range. For large parts, the European route E12, also known as Blå Vägen, follows its path.
View of the river's estuary in Umeå
Rock carvings from 3,000 BCE at Norrforsen
Confluence of Vindel and Ume rivers at Vännas village.
Fishing near Baggböle in the Ume River in the late 1800s.
Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve
The Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located in the municipalities of Sorsele and Storuman in Västerbotten County of Swedish Lapland. It is the largest natural reserve in Sweden and one of the largest protected areas in Europe, totaling 562,772 ha.
Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve
The Norra Storfjället mountain range seen from the east, with the Swedish: Syterskalet valley and the Swedish: Norra Sytertoppen summit to the right
The softer landscape of the Ammarfjället mountain range with the Tjulträsk valley in the foreground.
A maze of islands in the southern part of Lake Tärnasjön