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The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: Glomma, 623 km (387 mi) Tana, 361 km (224 mi) Pasvikelva and Ivalo, 360 km (224 mi) (109 km in Norway) Numedalslågen, 356 km (221 mi) Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, 349 km (217 mi) Drammensvassdraget (Drammenselva, 308 km (191 mi)
Namsen or Nååmesje (Southern Sami) [1] is one of the longest rivers in Trøndelag county, in the central part of Norway.The 228-kilometre (142 mi) long river flows through the municipalities of Røyrvik, Namsskogan, Grong, Overhalla, and Namsos before emptying into the Namsenfjorden.
Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula.The majority of the country borders water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west, and the Barents Sea to the north.
The Glomma at Elverum, during winter The Vorma, a major tributary, flows into the Glomma just north of Årnes. At its fullest length, the river runs from the lake Aursunden in Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county and runs into the Oslofjord at the town of Fredrikstad in Fredrikstad Municipality in Østfold county.
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Drammenselva is one of the largest rivers in Norway, with a drainage basin of about 17,000 square kilometres (6,600 sq mi) and a discharge of 300 cubic metres per second (11,000 cu ft/s) per second. Drammen River's total length is 308 kilometres (191 mi) making it the fifth longest river in Norway.
One of the largest salmon tunnels in Norway (385 metres or 1,263 feet long) is located at the Reinforsen waterfall, and was built in 1956. Ranelva was cleansed with rotenone in 1996, 2004, and 2005 beneath the Sjøforsen waterfall , in order to remove the salmon parasite Gyrodactylus salaris , which was registered there for the first time in 1975.
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