Audna or Audnedalselva is a

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 wate ...

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 ...

county,

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. The long river runs from the lake Grindheimsvatnet, just north of the village of

Byremo Byremo is a village in Lyngdal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the north end of the lake Øvre Øydnevatn, about north of the village of Konsmo. Byremo was also the administrative centre An administrative cent ...

Lyngdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen. Some of the main villages in Lyngdal include Austad, Byremo, Fleseland, H� ...

municipality, south through the

Audnedalen Audnedalen is the shortest of the six main north-south valleys in Agder county, Norway. The long river valley runs through the municipalities of Audnedal and Lindesnes. The river Audna runs through the valley, ending in Snigsfjorden in the sou ...

valley to its mouth at the

Snigsfjorden Snigsfjorden or Sniksfjorden is a fjord in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The long fjord begins at the mouth of the river Audna by the small village of Snig, about south of the municipal centre of Vigeland. The fjord heads so ...

Lindesnes Lindesnes ( en, the Naze) is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mandal. Other villages in Lindesnes include Åvik, Høll ...

municipality. The mouth is located about southwest of the village of Vigeland. The river has a

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that covers . The river runs through two lakes: Øvre Øydnavatnet and

Ytre Øydnavatnet Ytre Øydnavatnet is a lake in the municipality of Lyngdal in Agder county, Norway. The lake is located along the river Audna, just south of the lake Øvre Øydnavatnet. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level. The long lake lies ...

. The river is regulated for

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with a total of eight power plants along the river and its tributaries. Together, the river produces an average annual production (2015) of of electricity.

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Lyngdal Lindesnes Rivers of Agder Rivers of Norway {{Agder-geo-stub

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