en Aura (Norway)

Aura
Aura
	View of the mouth at the lake Eikesdalsvatnet
	Location of the river Aura (Norway) (Norway)
Location
Country	Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
Municipalities	Molde Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Aursjøen
• location	Romsdalsalpane, Molde
• coordinates	62°24′13″N 8°32′12″E / 62.40371°N 8.53678°E
• elevation	856 metres (2,808 ft)
Mouth	Eikesdalsvatnet
• location	Eikesdalen, Molde
• coordinates	62°28′43″N 8°10′23″E / 62.478695°N 8.172948°E
• elevation	22 metres (72 ft)
Length	25.3 km (15.7 mi)
Basin size	842.43 km2 (325.26 sq mi)

The Aura is a river in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It starts from Lake Aursjøen in the Romsdalsalpane mountains and flows first to the west and then north-west through the village of Eikesdalen before finally emptying into the large lake Eikesdalsvatnet.^[1]

The river is 25.3 kilometres (15.7 mi) long and has a catchment area of 842.43 square kilometres (325.26 sq mi).^[2] Under natural conditions the river would have an average water flow at the mouth of 27.34 cubic metres per second (966 cu ft/s), but this has been greatly reduced because of power development. In the 1950s, both the main river and most tributaries were transferred to the Aura power plant in Sunndal Municipality.

References

^ Store norske leksikon. "Aura – elv i Nesset" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-05-23.
^ Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat, NVE Atlas

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[snl-1] Store norske leksikon. "Aura – elv i Nesset" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-05-23.

[2] Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat, NVE Atlas

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Aura (Norway)

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