Glomma

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Glomma
Glåma
Course of the Glomma in Norway

Course of the Glomma in Norway

Data
Water code NO : 002.Z
location Trøndelag , Innlandet , Viken ( Norway )
River system Glomma
source Near Tydal municipality
62 ° 51 ′ 32 ″  N , 11 ° 48 ′ 12 ″  E
Source height 885  m
muzzle near Fredrikstad in the Oslofjord Coordinates: 59 ° 12 '11 "  N , 10 ° 56' 57"  E 59 ° 12 '11 "  N , 10 ° 56' 57"  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 885 m
Bottom slope 1.4 ‰
length 621 km
Catchment area 41,965 km² (including 414.5 km² in Sweden)
Discharge  at the mouth of the
A Eo : 41,965 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		698 m³ / s
16.6 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Renaelva , Flisa
Right tributaries Folla , Atna , Vorma (= Gudbrandsdalslågen )
Flowing lakes Rien , Aursunden , Øyeren , Mingevannet
Medium-sized cities Sarpsborg , Fredrikstad
Small towns Elverum , Kongsvinger
Funnefoss in the upper reaches
Quiet stretch of river in the lower reaches
Sarpsfossen waterfall
Glomma Bridge in Fredrikstad

The Glomma (alternative spelling Glåma ) is the largest river in Scandinavia with an average water flow of almost 700 m³ / s and the longest river in Norway with a length of 601 kilometers .

The river has its source as Storelva in the central Norwegian municipality of Tydal and flows into the Oslofjord at Fredrikstad .

The catchment area of the Glomma covers around 13% of the area of ​​Norway. There are numerous waterfalls in the course of the river , including the 23-meter-high fall in Europe, the Sarpsfossen . The river has many lake-like expansions and rapids. They gave rise to the construction of a number of power plants that together generate 10 percent of the energy from hydropower in Norway.

The river's rich fish population includes pike, perch, grayling, roach, trout and salmon.

There are many mostly uninhabited islands in the river; the largest inhabited islands are Tunøya as part of Sarpsborg and Rolvsøy as part of Fredrikstad. In the mid-1990s, the Sørumbåten dugout canoe was discovered in the river when the water level was low .

The 32 kilometer long Glommapfad ( Glommastien ) leads along both banks from Sarpsfossen to the old town ( Gamlebyen ) of Fredrikstad, including the house where Roald Amundsen was born in Borge.

Web links

Commons : Glomma  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d NVE Atlas ; Topics: Vassdrag - Nedbørfelt - Nedbørfelt til hav , accessed on March 26, 2019
  2. ↑ Sørumbåten til Sørum. Retrieved September 17, 2019 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Visit Sarpsborg Guide 2013/2014