Mongefossen () is a
waterfall
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of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...
in the
Rauma Municipality
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of
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,
Norway
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.
It is the fourth tallest single-drop waterfall in the world. It's located near the
European route E136
European route E136 is a European highway located entirely in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. The highway begins in the town of Ålesund (town), Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway, and it goes east ...
highway and the
Rauma River
The Rauma is a river that runs through the Romsdalen valley in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. It runs for from the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet in Lesja Municipality (in Innlandet county), through the valley all the way to the town ...
, 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
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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
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on the
Rauma Line
The Rauma Line () 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 Innlandet county), in Norway. Running down the Romsdalen valley, the line ...
, on the north side between the villages of Flatmark and Marstein.
See also
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List of waterfalls
This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state or territory. A waterfall is included if it is at least tall and has an existing Wikipedia article, or it is considered historically sig ...
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List of waterfalls by height
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References
External links
Old picture of the unregulated falls
Rauma, Norway
Horsetail waterfalls
Waterfalls of Møre og Romsdal
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