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Sima Valley
The Sima Valley ( no, Simadal) is a river valley in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. The long valley begins below Lake Rembesdal, with an elevation of , which is one of the sources of the Sima River. The valley then runs west along the river to the Sima Hydroelectric Power Station at the head of the Simadal Fjord, where the river empties into the fjord. Norwegian County Road 103 County Road 5096 ( no, Fylkesvei 5096) is a long county road in Eidfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The road heads northeast from the village of Eidfjord. Prior to 2020, the road was called County Road 103. It was changed in 2020 ... runs through part of the valley and then continues along the south side of the fjord. The Sima Valley is known for its waterfalls, including Rembesdal Falls (''Rembesdalsfossen'') and Skykkjedal Falls (''Skykkjedalsfossen''). It suffered catastrophic floods in 1893 and 1937. The valley had a population of 10 in 2017. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjeåsen
Kjeåsen is a mountain farm (with two farmsteads) in the municipality of Eidfjord in Norway's Hardanger district, in Vestland county. The farm lies at an elevation of at the innermost point of the Simadal Fjord. The farm is no longer being worked, and one person lives there during the summer. The site is popular with tourists, especially Swedes. The farm has been referred to as "the world's most inaccessible farm." Kjeåsen can be reached on foot up the steep path from the Sima Hydroelectric Power Station. This was the farm's road until 1974, and the trip takes about 1½ to 2 hours each way. Kjeåsen also has what is known as "the world's most expensive farm road"; it is long, of which approximately consists of a tunnel from the Sima Valley to the farm. The tunnel has a single lane, with driving directions scheduled up on the hour and down every half hour. The road and tunnel to Kjeåsen were built in 1974 in connection with hydroelectric development works in the Sima Valley. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestland
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based, but the County Governor is based in Hermansverk. The county is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form (the others are neutral as to which form people use). Vestland was created in 2020 when the former counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane (with the exception of Hornindal municipality, which became part of Volda municipality in Møre og Romsdal county) were merged. History Vestland county is a newly created county, but it has been inhabited for centuries. The area was made up of many petty kingdoms under the Gulating during the Middle Ages. The northern part was the known as ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord), ... [...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] |
Sima (river)
The Sima is a river in the municipality of Eidfjord in Hordaland, Norway. The river is long, and it has a drainage basin of and an average discharge of . The river has its source on the west side of the Hardanger Glacier, at a proglacial lake called ''Demmevatn'' at an elevation of . The river then flows west from Lake Rembesdal (''Rembesdalsvatn''), with an elevation of , into the deep Sima Valley and past the former high Rembesdal Falls (''Rembesdalsfossen''), which is now dry because of hydroelectric plant infrastructure. In the Sima Valley the river is joined by the Skytjedal River (''Skytjedalselva''), a left tributary known for ''Skytjefossen'', a high waterfall. The river continues west until its mouth at the head of the Simadal Fjord. Together with the nearby Bjoreio River to the south, the Sima River has been developed for power production at the Sima Hydroelectric Power Station. The power station is located in the mountains below Kjeåsen Kjeåsen is a mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms that may be global in use or else applied only locally. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eidfjord
Eidfjord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Eidfjord, where the majority of the municipal population lives. The other major population centre in the municipality is the village of Øvre Eidfjord. Eidfjord is situated at the end of the Eid Fjord, an inner branch of the large Hardangerfjorden. The village of Eidfjord is a major cruise ship port of call. Eidfjord has several tourist sites, like the Sima Power Plant which is built into the mountain itself, the Måbødalen valley, and the Vøringsfossen waterfall which has a free fall of . Large parts of the Hardangervidda (Europe's largest mountain plateau) are located in Eidfjord. The Hardangervidda Natursenter, a visitors centre and museum for Hardangervidda National Park, is located in Øvre Eidfjord. The municipality is the 57th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sima Hydroelectric Power Station
The Sima Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in the municipality Eidfjord in Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ..., Norway. It stands at the mouth of the Sima River. The facility Lang-Sima operates at an installed capacity of , and has an average annual production of 1,212 GWh. The facility Sy-Sima has an installed capacity of , and an average annual production of 1,640 GWh. Operator is Statkraft. See also References Hydroelectric power stations in Norway Statkraft Buildings and structures in Vestland Dams in Norway Eidfjord {{hydroelectric-power-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simadal Fjord
The Simadal Fjord ( no, Simadalsfjorden) is a branch of the Eid Fjord in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland, Norway. The Simadal Fjord is the innermost branch of the Hardangerfjorden, Hardanger Fjord. It is long and extends east from its mouth between Blurnes and Eikenes to the head of the fjord at the Sima Valley. The fjord is surrounded by high and steep mountains reaching elevations up to . The Kjeåsen mountain farm lies on the mountain slope north of the mouth of the fjord. Below Kjeåsen is the Sima Hydroelectric Power Station, which has its outlet into the fjord. Norwegian County Road 103 runs along the south side of the fjord and continues into the Sima Valley. References {{coord, 60, 29, 14.410, N, 7, 5, 32.500, E, type:waterbody, display=title Fjords of Vestland Eidfjord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian County Road 103
County Road 5096 ( no, Fylkesvei 5096) is a long county road in Eidfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The road heads northeast from the village of Eidfjord. Prior to 2020, the road was called County Road 103. It was changed in 2020 when Vestland county was created. The road branches off from Norwegian National Road 7 at Eidfjord and runs along the south shore of the Simadal Fjord. After passing the Sima Hydroelectric Power Station at the mouth of the Sima River below Kjeåsen, the road continues into the Sima Valley The Sima Valley ( no, Simadal) is a river valley in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. The long valley begins below Lake Rembesdal, with an elevation of , which is one of the sources of the Sima River. The valley then runs ..., where it terminates. The road is long. References External linksStatens vegvesen – trafikkmeldinger Fv103 (Traffic Information: County Road 103) 5096 Eidfjord {{Hordaland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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