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Balmi River
The Balmi RiverIversen, Eigil Rune, et al. 2009. ''Oppfølging av forurensningssituasjonen i Sulitjelma gruvefelt, Fauske kommune. Undersøkelser i 2008''. Oslo: Norsk institutt for vannforskning. ( no, Balmielva or simply ''Balmi'') is a river in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. It flows about from one lake and empties into another: from '' Kjelvatnet'' ( smj, Giebbnejávrre or ''Giebnejávri'') at an elevation of north to '' Langvatnet'' at an elevation of . The river has a drainage basin of . The river is located a short distance south of the village of Sulitjelma and about southeast of the Fauske or is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsn .... The Fagerli and Daja hydroelectric power stations, operated by Salten Kraftsamband, are located on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west. The county was formerly known as ''Nordlandene amt''. The county administration is in the town of Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. In the southern part of the county is Vega, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Districts The county is divided into traditional districts. These are Helgeland in the south (south of the Arctic Circle), Salten in the centre, and Ofoten in the north-east. In the north-west lie the archipelagoes of Lofoten and Vesterålen. Geography Nordland is located along the northwestern coast of the Scandinavian pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauske
or is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsnes, and Sulitjelma. The municipality borders Sweden in the east and the municipalities of Sørfold to the north, Bodø to the west, and Saltdal to the southeast. The town is located on the northern shore of Skjerstad Fjord. The municipality is the 90th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Fauske is the 117th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,603. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 0.9% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality was established on 1 January 1905 when the municipality of Skjerstad was divided into Skjerstad (population: 1,709) in the west and Fauske (population: 4,646) in the east. The municipal borders hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjelvatnet (Fauske)
or is a lake in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lake lies about south of the village of Sulitjelma near the border with Junkerdal National Park. Water flows into the lake from the large lake Balvatnet (in Saltdal Municipality) and it flows out of the lake to the north along the Balmi River to the lake Langvatnet. See also * List of lakes in Norway * Geography of Norway Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The majority of the country borders water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atla ... References Fauske Lakes of Nordland {{Nordland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langvatnet (Fauske)
Langvatnet ( en, Long Lake) is a lake that lies in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lake lies about east of the town of Fauske. The village of Sulitjelma , , or is a village in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley at an elevation of above sea level. It is located on the shore of Langvatnet lake, about southeast of the town of Fa ... lies on the northeastern edge of the lake. Water from the lakes Kjelvatnet and Låmivatnet flow into the lake from the south and east. The water from Langvatnet flows out through the Sjønstå River to the west towards the lake Øvrevatnet. See also * List of lakes in Norway * Geography of Norway References Lakes of Nordland Fauske {{Nordland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the '' drainage divide'', made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, "watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of a drainage divide. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, the water converges to a single point inside the basin, known as a sink, which may be a permanent lake, a dry lake, or a point where surface water is lost underground. Drainage basins are similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulitjelma
, , or is a village in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley at an elevation of above mean sea level, above sea level. It is located on the shore of Langvatnet (Fauske), Langvatnet lake, about southeast of the Fauske (town), town of Fauske. The lakes Låmivatnet, Kjelvatnet (Fauske), Kjelvatnet, and Muorkkejávrre are located to the east and south of the village. The village has a population (2018) of 413 and a population density of . Sultitjelma is virtually surrounded by mountains and glaciers. Sulitjelma is at the southern terminus of the Nordkalottruta hiking trail. There is a road connection to the Fauske (town), town of Fauske, which is located west. Winters in Sulitjelma have reliable snow cover and are on average colder than in the town of Fauske. The village is the birthplace of academic Geir Lundestad. Sulitjelma Church and Sulitjelma Chapel are both located in the village. There are many old Minin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauske (town)
is a town in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of Fauske Municipality. The town is located on the shore of the Skjerstad Fjord, about east of the town of Bodø and about west of the border with Sweden. The lake Nervatnet lies on the southeast side of the town. The town has a population (2018) of 6,304 and a population density of . The town was established as a "town" in 1998 when the municipal council of Fauske Municipality designated it as such. It is the site of the local municipal government. Fauske Church and the Fauske Upper Secondary School are both located in the town as well. A historic area in the town is also part of the Nordland Museum. There is various types of industry in Fauske, especially industries related to the local mining of marble. Name The town (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Fauske'' farm (Old Norse: ''Fauskar''), since the first Fauske Church was built there (in 1867). The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station
The Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station ( no, Fagerli kraftverk or ''Fagerli kraftstasjon'') is a hydroelectric power station in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. It utilizes a drop of between its intake reservoir at ''Nedre Daja'' (Lower Lake Daja; also no, Dajavatnet, smj, Vuolep Dája) and '' Langvatnet'' (Long Lake) in Sulitjelma. The plant operates at an installed capacity of , with an average annual production of about 252 GWh. It is owned by Salten Kraftsamband and came into operation in 1975. The Fagerli plant was the first one built by Salten Kraftsamband, in cooperation with Sulitjelma Mines. The old Fagerli Power Station By 1898 a power station had been set up at the outflow of the Balmi River The Balmi RiverIversen, Eigil Rune, et al. 2009. ''Oppfølging av forurensningssituasjonen i Sulitjelma gruvefelt, Fauske kommune. Undersøkelser i 2008''. Oslo: Norsk institutt for vannforskning. ( no, Balmielva or simply ''Balmi'') is a river i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daja Hydroelectric Power Station
The Daja Hydroelectric Power Station ( no, Daja kraftverk or ''Daja kraftstasjon'') is a hydroelectric power station in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about east-southeast of Jakobsbakken. The plant utilizes a drop of in the Balmi River between two lakes: '' Kjelvatnet'' ( smj, Giebbnejávrre or ''Giebnejávri'') at an elevation of and ''Nedre Daja'' (Lower Lake Daja; also no, Dajavatnet, smj, Vuolep Dája) at an elevation of . The level of ''Kjelvatnet'' is regulated with water from two other lakes: ''Balvatnet'' ( smj, Bállávrre) and Big Lake Dorro ( no, Stor-Dorro, smj, Bajep Doarrojávrre). ''Nedre Daja'' is too small a body of water to rely on, and so electricity production must be coordinated with the Fagerli Hydroelectric Power Station, which utilizes the drop from ''Nedre Daja'' to '' Langvatnet'' (Long Lake). Today the plant has an installed capacity of , with an average annual production of about 157 GWh from a catchme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salten Kraftsamband
Salten Kraftsamband or SKS is a Norwegian power company that operates eight hydroelectric power stations with annual production of 1,770 GWh. Since 1997 the company has also sold power to end-users. Head offices are located in Fauske. The company is owned by the City of Bodø (47.72%), Troms Kraft (20.35%), Municipality of Fauske (12.83%), Nordkraft (8.86%), Sjøfossen Energi (6.92%) and Skjerstad Kraftlag (3.32%). DONG Energy bought its ownership from Elkem and Meløy Energi while Narvik Energi bought it from Skjerstad Kraftlag and the Municipality of Sørfold. In 2010, DONG Energy sold its stake to Troms Kraft. Operations Salten Kraftsamband operates the Daja, Fagerli, Lomi, and Sjønstå power stations on the Sjønstå River in Sulitjelma and the Forså, Langvann, Sundsfjord, and Oldereid power stations in Salten. It also owns 58% of Rødøy-Lurøy Kraftverk and 60% of Nord-Norsk Vindkraft and part of Fauske Lysverk. History SKS was founded in 1956 by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Nordland
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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