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TORNE/<br />

TORNEALVEN<br />

Total area: 37,300 km 2<br />

Area of Basin in Country<br />

Countries km 2 %<br />

Sweden 25,400 67.98<br />

Finland 10,400 28<br />

Norway 1,500 4.03<br />

TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS<br />

Traites et Conventions Concernant la Dissolution de L’Union Suedo-Norvegienne<br />

Treaty basin: Frontier or shared waters Date: October 26, 1905<br />

Signatories: Norway, Sweden<br />

RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS<br />

Finnish-Norwegian Transboundary Water Commission<br />

The Commission acts as a body for cooperation and communication between the two states. Its aim is to<br />

preserve the transboundary watercourses and their unique natural conditions. It also safeguards the<br />

environmental interests of both states and the residents of the border region. The Commission has an<br />

advisory role.<br />

Treaty basin: Kemi, Naatamo, Olanga, Pasvik, Tana, Torne/Tornealven Date: 1980<br />

Signatories: Finland, Norway<br />

Source: http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=9813&lan=en<br />

150 — Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters: <strong>Europe</strong>

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