What is "karasjohka"

Karasjohka (Norwegian) or Kárášjohka ( Northern Sami) is a river in Finnmark county, Norway. The long river runs through Kautokeino Municipality and Karasjok Municipality. The river is one of the most important rivers that drains the Finnmarksvidda plateau. It flows into the famous salmon-fishing Tana River near Karigasniemi on the Norway- Finland border.

The river begins at the small lake Nuorttit Rávdojávri inside Øvre Anárjohka National Park, just over the border with Finland. The river begins high on the Finnmarksvidda plateau and then flows north through Kautokeino and Karasjok municipalities. About west of the village of Karasjok, the river turns and heads to the east. At its confluence with the river Anarjohka, the two rivers form the Tana River. The Karasjohka river drains a watershed of . The European route E06 highway runs along the northern shore of the last of the river.

||The river at its source Lake Nuorttit Rávdojávri. Finnish-Norwegian border closely follows the watershed at the source.