The Søo or Søa 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 ...

in the municipality of Heim in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county, Norway. The long river originates at Lake Søo (''Søvatnet''), which lies on the border of the municipalities of

Orkland Orkland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkang ...

, Heim, and

Rindal Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricult ...

. The lake sits at an elevation of . It then flows into Lake Vassli (''Vasslivatnet''), which sits at roughly the same elevation, depending on levels behind the

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...

. The inflow to the Søo is regulated by a dam high at the west end of Lake Vassli, which serves as a regulation reservoir for the Søa Hydroelectric Power Station. Its course flows from Lake Vassli through the Søo Valley (''Søvassdalen'') parallel to European route E39 highway. Further down towards the village of

Vinjeøra Vinjeøra is a village in the municipality of Heim, in the Trøndelag county of Norway. The village lies along the European route E39 highway, in particularly at the end of the Vinjefjorden and about south of the municipal center of Kyrksæte ...

, it turns northward about east of the village. Norwegian County Road 680 follows the river northwards as flows into Lake Ro (''Rovatnet''; ). As the water exits the lake, it proceeds about to the east through the village of

Kyrksæterøra Kyrksæterøra is the administrative center of the municipality of Heim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village was known as the "white town of Hemnfjorden" at one time because there were only white houses. It is located at the end of Hemnfjo ...

before it empties into in the

Hemnfjorden The Hemnfjorden is a fjord in Trøndelag county in Norway. The long fjord forms the boundary between the municipalities of Heim, Hitra, and Orkland. The fjord begins at the village of Kyrksæterøra at the mouths of the rivers Søo and Haugael ...

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