Lågen (Gudbrandsdal)

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Lågen
Lågen at Lillehammer

Lågen at Lillehammer

Data
Water code NO : 002.DZ
location Innlandet ( Norway )
River system Glomma
Drain over Mjøsa  → Vorma  → Glomma  → Skagerrak
origin Outflow of the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet
62 ° 11 ′ 32 ″  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 19 ″  E
Source height 611  m
muzzle in Lake Mjøsa Coordinates: 61 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 50 ″  E 61 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 50 ″  E
Mouth height 123  m
Height difference 488 m
Bottom slope 2.4 ‰
length 204 km
Left tributaries Jora , Ula , Frya , Tromsa , Mesna
Right tributaries Otta , Vinstra , Sjoa , Gausa
Flowing lakes Losna
Small towns Ringebu

Lågen (or Laagen ) is the name of a water-rich river in southern Norway :

The Gudbrandsdalen-Lågen in Fylke Innlandet is one of the two outflows of the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet . It flows through the Gudbrandstal and forms the lake Losna and, after it has absorbed the tributaries Otta , Vinstra and others, flows into the lake Mjøsa near Lillehammer . Its outflow, the Vorma , pours into the Glomma after a total length of both rivers of 322 kilometers .

etymology

Lågen is the finite verb of låg (Old Norse lǫgr m) 'water; flow'. It means "the river", although this term must have replaced an old name that is now unknown.

See also

List of rivers in Norway