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Driva
| Driva | |
|---|---|
 Driva river in Sunndalen | |
 Interactive map of the river | |
| Location | |
| Country | Norway |
| Counties | Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal |
| Municipalities | Oppdal Municipality, Sunndal Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Dovrefjell mountains |
| • location | Drivdalen, Trøndelag |
| • coordinates | 62°17′48″N 9°34′50″E / 62.2966°N 09.58055°E |
| • elevation | 891 metres (2,923 ft) |
| Mouth | Sunndalsfjorden |
• location | Sunndalsøra, Møre og Romsdal |
• coordinates | 62°40′35″N 8°32′42″E / 62.6764°N 08.54502°E |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
| Length | 150 km (93 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,511 km2 (583 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Driva |
The Driva[1] river runs through Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal counties in Norway. The headwaters lie in the Dovrefjell mountains in the south, from where it flows northward, downward through the Drivdalen valley in Oppdal Municipality. When the river gets to the village of Oppdal, it turns westward and heads down the Sunndalen valley to the Sunndalsfjorden at the village of Sunndalsøra in Sunndal Municipality. Some of the other villages along the river include Grøa, Hoelsand, Lønset, and Vognillan.[2] The Norwegian National Road 70 follows the river for most of its course.[3]
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Many of the tributaries on the west side of the Oppdal valley are dry since the waters in reservoirs formed from the many mountain lakes in that region flow in pipes through the mountain to the Driva hydroelectric power station at Fale in Sunndal Municipality. The largest lake in the reservoir system is Gjevillvatnet which is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) long and about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "Driva" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ^ Askheim, Svein, ed. (2017-12-19). "Driva". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
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