Eikesdalsvatnet is a
lake
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in
Molde Municipality in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...
county,
Norway
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. The lake is long and narrow, roughly in length, and it is the largest lake in Møre og Romsdal county. The village of
Eikesdalen
Eikesdalen is a river valley and a small village in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The river Aura flows through the valley. The village is located at the south end of the lake Eikesdalsvatnet at the mouth of the river Aur ...
is located at the southern end of the lake.
Average depth is 89 meters (which is 67 meters below sea level) such that most of the lake's volume is below sea level.
[Dybdekart over Eikesdalsvatnet, NVE ''Dybdekartbok'', Oslo, 1984.]
Its main inflows are the river
Aura
Aura most commonly refers to:
* Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object
* Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure
Aura may also refer to:
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, flowing northwest from the lake
Aursjøen, and the river
Mardøla with the famous waterfall
Mardalsfossen. The lake flows out through the
River Eira which flows into the
Eresfjorden
Eresfjorden is a fjord in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is a long branch off of the main Langfjorden, which is itself a branch off the great Romsdal Fjord. The fjord begins at the mouth of the Eira River near the ...
. The lake is surrounded by tall mountains like
Juratinden and
Fløtatinden.
See also
*
List of lakes in Norway
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by county.
For the geography and history of lakes in that country, see Lakes in Norway, including:
* List of largest lakes in Norway
* List of deepest lakes in Norway
Akershus
* Bjø ...
References
Molde
Lakes of Møre og Romsdal
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