The Istra is a river in Rauma Municipality in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. The river runs through the Isterdalen valley before emptying into the Rauma river in the

Romsdalen Romsdalen is a valley in the western part of Norway. The long valley runs from the Romsdalsfjorden through Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and into Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county. It is the valley of the Rauma (river), Rau ...

valley. It discharges into the Rauma about south of the town of Åndalsnes. The long river Istra has a basin area of . The river has its source inside Reinheimen National Park. The river Istra has a long stretch that has excellent

salmon Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ...

fishing. The river was protected in the Conservation Plan III and later in the Conservation Plan IV. The

Norwegian County Road 63 Norwegian County Road 63 ( or ) is a Norwegian county road in Møre og Romsdal county and a very small part in Innlandet county, Norway. It begins at Norwegian National Road 15 along the lake Langvatnet in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county ...

and the famous Trollstigen road both follow the river.

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Rivers of Møre og Romsdal Rauma, Norway Rivers of Norway {{Norway-river-stub