Nissan (river)

Nissan
The Nissan River running through Halmstad, January 2005
Location
CountrySweden
Physical characteristics
MouthLaholmsbukten in Kattegatt
  location
Halmstad Municipality, Halland County
  coordinates
56°39′20″N 12°51′00″E / 56.65556°N 12.85000°E / 56.65556; 12.85000
Length200 km (120 mi)
Basin size2,685.7 km2 (1,037.0 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average41 m3/s (1,400 cu ft/s)
  maximum155 m3/s (5,500 cu ft/s)

The Nissan (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɪ̂sːan]) is a 200 km long river in southwest Sweden. It ends in the Kattegat bay of the North Sea in Halmstad. The straight middle and upper course of Nissan follows a branch of the Protogine Zone – a zone of crustal weakness in western Sweden. Nissan drains the western part of the South Småland peneplain.