Flisa is a river in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...
county,
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 t ...
. The long river is a tributary of the large river
Glomma
The Glomma, or GlÄma, is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers fully 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country.
Geography
At its fullest length, the ...
. The river flows through the municipalities of
Ă
snes
Ă
snes is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of SolĂžr. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flisa, which is also the largest village in the municipality with around 1 ...
and
VĂ„ler (although it has its originas in
Elverum
is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ăsterdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, SĂžrskog ...
and
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
). The river Flisa starts at the
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
of the rivers
UlvÄa and
HolĂ„a on the border of VĂ„ler and Ă
snes. It then flows to the south and west before joining the river
Glomma
The Glomma, or GlÄma, is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers fully 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country.
Geography
At its fullest length, the ...
just south of the village of
Flisa
Flisa is the administrative centre of Ă
snes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village lies at the confluence of the rivers Flisa and Glomma. The Norwegian National Road 2 and the SolĂžrbanen railway line both pass through the vil ...
. Some of the side rivers that join the Flisa are
Vermundelv (from the lake
Vermunden
Vermunden is a lake in Ă
snes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies in the Finnskogen Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns") is an area of Norway and Sweden situated in the counties of Innlandet and VĂ€rmland respectively, so nam ...
) and
Kynna
Cynane ( el, KÏ
ÎœÎŹÎœÎ·, ''Kynane'' or , ''Kyna''; killed 323 BC) was half-sister to Alexander the Great, and daughter of Philip II by Audata, an Illyrian princess. She is estimated to have been born in 357 BC.
Biography
According to Polyaenus, ...
.
See also
*
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)
# NumedalslÄgen,
# GudbrandsdalslÄgen and Vorma,
# Tana,
# Drammensvassdraget (Drammenselva,
# Skiensvassdraget ...
References
Ă
snes
VĂ„ler, Innlandet
Elverum
Rivers of Innlandet
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