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in the spring as the snow melts. The
Gudbrandsdalslågen, draining higher elevations and being primarily glacier fed, typically crests later than the Glomma river, which drains the east valleys. In the rare year when both crest at the same time, their confluence at Nes is the site of great floods. The
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The Hunder trout is bred at the
Hunderfossen waterfall on the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, by the 280-metre (920 ft) long power station dam. Next to the dam, there is an outdoor exhibition centre for hunder trout. There is a hatchery on the west bank; it produces 20,000 hunder trout every year and
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collapsed. The 150m wooden bridge opened in 2012. A lorry driver was rescued by helicopter and a car driver escaped by himself. "It is completely catastrophic, completely unreal," local mayor Jon Halvor
Midtmageli told Norway's
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Gudbrandsdalslågen and Glomma rivers resulted in the flood that took place on 20–23 July 1789, with crests over 50 feet (15 m) above the average level of the water. At the lake
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municipality in the far northern part of the county. Lesjavatn is the only lake in Norway which has two outlets, and they both flow into two of Norway’s more famous rivers. In the southeast at the village of
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Gudbrandsdalslågen drops rapidly through the Rosten Gorge in
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collapsed.The bridge was made of glued laminated timber. After the 2016 collapse, 11 similar bridges, including the one in
Tretten, were closed temporarily.
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releases them into the river to compensate for the loss of fish and of spawning grounds when the power plant was established.
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collapsed after heavy rain had caused damage to the central bridge foundation. Nobody was hurt or injured.
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which is beyond Nes there was extensive damage, including 68 casualties.
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721:Populated places on the Gudbrandsdalslågen river
692:on road E6 near Kvam under construction in 2015
842:"Drivers rescued after Norway bridge collapse"
440:village, Lesjavatn is the headwaters for the
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127:Physical characteristics
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89:Gudbrandsdalslågen (Norway)
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923:. Store norske leksikon
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64:Show map of Innlandet
61:Location of the river
743:"Gudbrandsdalslågen"
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339:(or simply
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1007:Categories
728:References
723:(category)
469:Sjoa River
457:Otta River
417:rock flour
351:valley in
300:Basin size
257:10°24′22″E
254:61°07′41″N
173:62°11′22″N
927:1 January
904:15 August
878:16 August
852:16 August
826:18 August
795:1 January
772:1 January
749:1 January
606:Old Norse
593:Etymology
576:Dagbladet
533:River at
461:Ottadalen
438:Lesjaskog
434:Lesjaverk
381:Nord-Fron
353:Innlandet
312:Discharge
176:8°32′16″E
152:Lesjaverk
121:Innlandet
872:ABC News
846:BBC News
789:"Glomma"
710:See also
541:Flooding
385:Sør-Fron
355:county,
102:Location
921:"Lågen"
898:AP News
766:"Gausa"
640:Species
587:Ringebu
571:Tretten
504:Ringebu
493:Rondane
465:Vinstra
453:Gausdal
389:Ringebu
343:) is a
107:Country
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630:, and
552:Øyeren
531:Glomma
512:Losna)
487:, and
485:Tromsa
473:Heidal
395:, and
357:Norway
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292:Length
237:Norway
156:Norway
136:Source
117:County
111:Norway
676:Mjøsa
614:lågen
598:Lågen
547:crest
527:Vorma
519:Mjøsa
489:Mesna
449:Gausa
442:Rauma
429:Lesja
373:Dovre
369:Lesja
365:Mjøsa
345:river
341:Lågen
221:Mjøsa
216:Mouth
25:Lågen
979:ISBN
929:2017
906:2023
880:2022
854:2022
828:2022
797:2017
774:2017
751:2017
610:lǫgr
564:Sjoa
508:Øyer
506:and
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413:Otta
393:Øyer
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