# Storforsen

- **Country:** Sweden
- **Coordinates:** 65.851390, 20.410000
- **Run:** 686 m
- **Type:** Gradual sliding cascade
- **Width:** 366 m
- **Height:** 35 m
- **Location:** Norrbottens län, Sweden
- **Watercourse:** Pite River
- **Average Flow:** 187 m3/s
- **Number Drops:** 1
- **Average Width:** 76 m
- **Photo Caption:** Storforsen in August 1994
- **Height Longest:** 35 m

Storforsen is a waterfall on the Pite River in Swedish Norrbottens län is located approximately 38 km northwest of Älvsbyn. With an average flow of 187 m3/s, the rapids are one of the most voluminous in Europe. The rapids stretch over a distance of 5 km in which it drops 82 meters 60 of which are a single waterfall.

![Photo of Storforsen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Storforsen_-_KMB_-_16000300022572.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storforsen (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)