Verdalselva ( en, Verdal River) is a long river in the municipality of

Verdal Verdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra. Some villages in the municipality include Forbregd/Lein, Lysthaugen, Stiklest ...

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county,

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. The river begins at Holmen in the village of

Vuku Vuku is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Helgåa and Inna where they become the Verdalselva river. The village is about west of the village of Vera and about e ...

at the

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of the rivers

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and

Helgåa Helgåa is a river in the municipality of Verdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. The river begins at the lake Veresvatnet and runs through the valley Helgådalen for about to Holmen in the village of Vuku, where it merges with the river Inna to cr ...

. The river Inna drains the lake Innsvatnet near the

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border and the river Helgåa runs from the lake Veresvatnet at the village of Vera. The river Verdalselva flows west into the

Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland in ...

, after passing through the town of

Verdalsøra Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva. The village of Vinne lies ...

. The river Verdalselva is one of the country's best for

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fishing.

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Verdal Rivers of Trøndelag Rivers of Norway {{Norway-river-stub

See also

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