Mågålaupet (also written ''Magalaupet'', ''Maglaupet'' og ''Måggålaupet'') is a long,
zigzag-shaped
gorge
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
in the river
Driva in
Oppdal municipality in
Trøndelag,
Norway. The narrowest point is wide. The depth is estimated to .
The gorge consists of a series of large interconnected
giant's kettles formed by the river Driva since the
last ice age. The bedrock in the gorge is hard
gneiss, and Driva is eroding it at a speed of per year, equivalent to in 10 000 years.
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Canyons and gorges of Norway
Landforms of Trøndelag