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Mongefossen ( en, Monge falls) is a 
Old picture of the unregulated falls
Rauma, Norway Horsetail waterfalls Waterfalls of Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub
waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in severa ...
in the Rauma Municipality
Rauma is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre is the town of Åndalsnes. Other settlements in Rauma include the villages of Måndalen, Innfjorden, Veblu ...
of Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...
county, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It is the fourth tallest single-drop waterfall in the world. It's located near the European route E136
European route E 136 is a European highway located entirely in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. The highway begins in the town of Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway, and it goes east up through ...
highway and the Rauma River
The Rauma is a river that runs through '' Romsdalen'', a valley in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. It runs for from '' Lesjaskogsvatnet'', a lake in the municipality of Lesja, to the town of Åndalsnes in the municipality of ...
, which it flows into. There is some dispute as to the height, but it is generally listed at . As is the case with many of Norway's waterfalls, it has been targeted for hydroelectric power, which results in a greatly diminished water flow during the summer tourist season.
Mongefossen also holds the distinction as being the highest waterfall in the world which may be viewed from a railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
on the Rauma Line
The Rauma Line ( no, Raumabanen) is a long railway between the town of Åndalsnes (in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county), and the village of Dombås (in Dovre Municipality in Oppland county), in Norway. Running down the Romsdale ...
, on the north side between the villages of Flatmark and Marstein.
See also
*List of waterfalls by height
The following are lists of waterfalls in the world by height, classified into two categories — natural and artificial waterfall, artificial. Natural waterfalls are further subdivided between overall height and tallest single drop. Each column (Wa ...
References
External links
Old picture of the unregulated falls
Rauma, Norway Horsetail waterfalls Waterfalls of Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub