Mardalsfossen
Sign in to saveMardalsfossen is a waterfall in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is sometimes referred to as one of the tallest waterfalls in Europe. The falls are on the Mardøla river which flows out of a hanging valley into the lake Eikesdalsvatnet, about northwest of the village of Eikesdalen. The waterfall was depicted in the coat of arms of the old Nesset Municipality.
Key facts
- Waterfall.name
- Mardalsfossen
- Waterfall.image
- Mardalsfossen Waterfall Norway 2004.jpg
- Waterfall.caption
- View of the Mardalsfossen
- Waterfall.location
- Møre og Romsdal, Norway
- Waterfall.number_drops
- 2
- Waterfall.watercourse
- Mardøla
- Waterfall.type
- Tiered
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- waterfall
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Molde Municipality
- Elevation
- 954
- Image
- Mardalsfossen.jpg
- Height
- 358
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- Mardalsfossen
- drainage basin
- Eikesdalsvatnet
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Mardalsfossen is a waterfall in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is sometimes referred to as one of the tallest waterfalls in Europe. The falls are on the Mardøla river which flows out of a hanging valley into the lake Eikesdalsvatnet, about northwest of the village of Eikesdalen. The waterfall was depicted in the coat of arms of the old Nesset Municipality.
The total fall is according to SSB, according to World Waterfall Database (WWD). WWD reports that the SSB typically includes the head measurement for waterfalls that are situated within a hydroelectric system, resulting in a greater height estimate. Mardalsfossen is a tiered waterfall consisting of two large drops and several smaller ones lower down. It is on average wide, but it can reach up to wide. The highest vertical drop is one of the tallest in Norway. As with figures for the total height, discrepancies have been reported in the estimated height of each vertical drop. According to the SSB, the upper vertical drop is , while the WWD surveyed it as .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mardalsfossen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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