Sjoa
The Sjoa is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The 98-kilometre (61 mi) long river runs through the municipalities of Vågå and Sel and it provides the outlet from lake Gjende at Gjendesheim in the Jotunheimen mountains of Norway's Jotunheim National Park. The river flows eastward through the Sjodalen valley and Heidal valley into the Gudbrandsdalslågen river at the village of Sjoa.
| Sjoa | |
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View of the river (2005) Credit: TaHan | |
Location of the river Sjoa (Norway) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| Municipalities | Vågå and Sel |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Gjende lake |
| • location | Gjendesheim, Vågå |
| • coordinates | 61.4949763°N 8.8080739°E |
| • elevation | 985 metres (3,232 ft) |
| Mouth | Gudbrandsdalslågen |
• location | Sjoa, Sel |
• coordinates | 61.67964345°N 9.53443765°E |
• elevation | 270 metres (890 ft) |
| Length | 98 km (61 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,527 km2 (590 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 34.4 m3/s (1,210 cu ft/s) |
South of the village of Randsverk, the river flows through Ridderspranget which is a ravine named after a Norwegian myth.
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