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Vinnufossen or Vinnufallet is one of the tallest waterfalls in Europe and the eighth-tallest in the world. The tall tiered horsetail waterfall is located just east of the village of Sunndalsøra in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The falls are part of the Vinnu river which flows down from the Vinnufjellet mountain and it is fed from the Vinnufonna glacier. The falls flow into the Driva river near the village of Hoelsand.

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Waterfall.name
VinnufossenVinnufallet
Waterfall.image
Vinnufossen, Sunndal, Norway (front).jpg
Waterfall.caption
View of the waterfall
Waterfall.location
Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Waterfall.number_drops
3
Waterfall.world_rank
6
Waterfall.type
Tiered horsetails

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Vinnufossen or Vinnufallet is one of the tallest waterfalls in Europe and the eighth-tallest in the world. The tall tiered horsetail waterfall is located just east of the village of Sunndalsøra in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The falls are part of the Vinnu river which flows down from the Vinnufjellet mountain and it is fed from the Vinnufonna glacier. The falls flow into the Driva river near the village of Hoelsand.

==See also== List of waterfalls List of waterfalls by height

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinnufossen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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