The Søo or Søa is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

in the municipality of Heim in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county, Norway. The long river originates at Lake Søo (''Søvatnet''), which lies on the border of the municipalities of

Orkland Orkland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkanger. Other notable population centres in the municipality include ...

, Heim, and

Rindal Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricul ...

. The lake sits at an elevation of . It then flows into Lake Vassli (''Vasslivatnet''), which sits at roughly the same elevation, depending on levels behind the dam. The inflow to the Søo is regulated by a dam high at the west end of Lake Vassli, which serves as a regulation reservoir for the Søa Hydroelectric Power Station. Its course flows from Lake Vassli through the Søo Valley (''Søvassdalen'') parallel to

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other single road in ...

highway. Further down towards the village of

Vinjeøra Vinjeøra is a village in the municipality of Heim, in the Trøndelag county of Norway. The village lies along the European route E39 highway, in particularly at the end of the Vinjefjorden and about south of the municipal center of Kyrksæter ...

, it turns northward about east of the village. Norwegian County Road 680 follows the river northwards as flows into Lake Ro (''Rovatnet''; ). As the water exits the lake, it proceeds about to the east through the village of

Kyrksæterøra Kyrksæterøra is the administrative center of the municipality of Heim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village was known as the "white town of Hemnfjorden" at one time because there were only white houses. It is located at the end of Hemnfjo ...

before it empties into in the

Hemnfjorden The Hemnfjorden is a fjord in Trøndelag county in Norway. The long fjord forms the boundary between the municipalities of Heim, Hitra, and Orkland. The fjord begins at the village of Kyrksæterøra at the mouths of the rivers Søo and Haugae ...

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