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Sira (river)
Sira is a river in southwestern Norway. The long river flows begins in the Sirdalsheiane mountains near the borders of Agder and Rogaland counties. The headwaters of the river is the lake Ytre Storevatnet and it flows south through the Sirdalen valley in the municipalities of Sirdal and Flekkefjord. The river flows through the large lakes Sirdalsvatnet and Lundevatnet before heading south on the Agder/Rogaland county border. At the village of Åna-Sira the river empties into the Åna fjord. The river runs through several large villages such as Åna-Sira, Sira, Tonstad, Lunde, and Kvæven. The river drains the watershed. The Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station is powered by water from the waterfalls along this river. Media gallery Aana-Sira.jpg, View at Åna-Sira 20110807 10 Tonstad.jpg, View near Tonstad Bakke bro.JPG, Bakke bridge over the river See also *List of rivers in Norway The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: # Glomma, # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonstad
Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the village a population density of . Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station and the Tonstad ski center are both located in and around this village. The Tonstad Church is also located in the village. The village of Tonstad was the administrative center of the old municipality of Tonstad from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. In 1960, it became the part of Sirdal, and it continued to be the administrative center of that new municipality. Name The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old ''Tonstad'' farm (Old Norse: ''Þornýjarstaðir ''), since the Tonstad Church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name ''Tone'' (Old Norse: ''Þorný'') and the last element is ''staðir'' which means "homestead" or "farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River
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 Stream#Creek, creek, Stream#Brook, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to Geographical feature, 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 (landform), 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 (meteorology), precipitation through a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Agder
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] |
List Of Rivers In Norway
The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: # Glomma, # Pasvikelva and Ivalo, (109 km in Norway) # Numedalslågen, # Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, # Tana, # Drammensvassdraget (Drammenselva, # Skiensvassdraget, # Begna, # Otra, # Trysilelva, # Altaelva, # Namsen, # Hallingdalselva and Snarumselva, # Arendalsvassdraget (Nidelva (Aust-Agder)), # Orklaelva, # Renaelva, # Vefsna, # Karasjohka, # Nea-Nidelvvassdraget, Other rivers Other rivers include: * Akerselva * Eira * Flakstadelva * Gaula * Tista References De lengste elvene i Norge("''The longest rivers in Norway''" (''Norwegian'') from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) {{List of rivers of Europe Norway Rivers 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 bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several ways, but the most common method of formation is that a river courses over a top layer of resistant bedrock before falling on to softer rock, which Erosion, erodes faster, leading to an increasingly high fall. Waterfalls have been studied for their impact on species living in and around them. Humans have had a distinct relationship with waterfalls for years, travelling to see them, exploring and naming them. They can present formidable barriers to navigation along rivers. Waterfalls are religious sites in many cultures. Since the 18th century they have received increased attention as tourist destinations, sources of hydropower, andparticularly since the mid-20th centuryas subjects of research. Definition and terminology A waterfall is gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station
Tonstad Power Station (''Tonstad kraftverk'') is a hydroelectric power station located in the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. The station is in Tonstad, at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet. It has a total installed capacity of 960 MW, with 4 units each 160 MW and one unit at 320 MW, all equipped with francis turbines. With an annual production of approximately 3800 GWh, it is the largest power station in Norway with respect to annual production (in 2006). It is near the landing point of the 1,400 MW NORD.LINK power cable to Germany. The powerstation utilises the waterfalls in the Sira and the Kvina Kvina is a river in Southern Norway. The long river begins in the Setesdalsheiene mountains in the municipality of Valle in Agder county and it flows south, along the former Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder county border, through the Kvinesdalen val ... river system, with a total height of . An application for an expansion with an add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunde, Sirdal
Lunde is a small farming village in Sirdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Sira in the upper part of the Sirdalen valley. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Øvre Sirdal Øvre Sirdal is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal in A ... from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. Lunde Church is located in the village, just east of the bridge over the river. The village is home to the German boarding school Outdoor College. It was founded by Maike and Günter Hoffmann and welcomed its first class of students, counting 23 adolescents, in August 2014. The school building is named Dr. Rolf Hoffmann Skole, after Günter Hoffmann's father who died a few months after the school's initial opening. Before the building was used a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sira, Norway
Sira is a village in Flekkefjord municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located immediately east of the county border of Agder and Rogaland. The European route E39 highway passes by the village and the Sørlandet Line runs right through the village, stopping at Sira Station. The village has a population (2015) of 630, giving the village a population density of . Sira lies along the Sira River, just south of the lake Sirdalsvatnet. The river and lake are both a part of the Sira-Kvina hydropower system. Sira was the administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ... of the former municipality of Bakke which was dissolved and merged into Flekkefjord in 1965. Bakke Church lies at the southern end of the village. References Villages in Agd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lundevatnet
Lundevatn, or Lundevatnet,The suffix "''-et''" is a form of the Norwegian language definite article and means "the". Hence ''Lundevatnet'' is equivalent to "the Lundevatn." Both forms can be found in English language text. is a lake on the borders between the municipalities of Lund (in Rogaland county) and Flekkefjord (in Agder county) in Norway. The village of Moi lies at the northern end of the lake and the smaller village of Ã…na-Sira lies just south of the southern end of the lake. The lake has a small dam at the southern end and it is used for the nearby Ã…na-Sira Power Station. The lake is about long. It is the eighth-deepest lake in Norway and extends about below sea level and since it sits at an elevation of , the maximum depth of the lake is . This overdeepening, as well as its long and narrow shape, are characteristics of glacially-formed lakes. See also *List of lakes in Norway This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by county. For the geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirdalsvatnet
Sirdalsvatnet is a lake in the municipalities of Sirdal and Flekkefjord in Agder county, Norway. The lake is about long running from the village of Tonstad Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the vill ... in the north to the village of Sira in the south. The lake is about wide at its widest point. See also * List of lakes in Norway References {{Lakes in Norway Sirdal Flekkefjord Lakes of Agder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…na-Sira
Åna-Sira is a village in southwestern Norway, sitting mostly in Sokndal municipality in Rogaland county, but a small portion lies in Flekkefjord municipality in Agder county. The village is located at the mouth of the river Sira where it flows south into Åna fjord (hence the name of the village). The fjord and river form the county border with Rogaland and Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ... counties. The Åna-Sira Bridge crosses the river connecting the two parts of the village. The village is the southernmost village in Rogaland county. About 200 people live in Åna-Sira, about two-thirds of the residents living on the north side of the river in Sokndal, and the rest living on the south side of the river. Åna-Sira Church is located in the Sokndal s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
