The Rena
or Renaelva is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The long river runs through
Rendalen Municipality and
Ã…mot Municipality
Åmot is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena ...
in Innlandet county. This river is a tributary of the large river
Glomma
The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country.
Geography
At its fullest length, the river r ...
.
Kjøllsæter Bridge connects the east and west side of the river. The river
Julussa
Julussa is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The river flows through the Julussdalen valley in Elverum Municipality and Åmot Municipality. The river begins at the lake Bergesjøen which sits at an elevation of above sea level. From Berges ...
flows from south through the
Julussdalen
Julussdalen is a small valley in Innlandet county, Norway. The valley runs through Elverum Municipality and Ã…mot Municipality as it follows the river Julussa, about east of the village of Rena. There are scattered settlements in the valley, e ...
valley and into the river Rena.
The Rena
watershed has a drainage area of . The river begins at the
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main ...
of the rivers Tysla and Unsetåa which is just south of the
Fonnåsfjellet mountain and just north of the village of
Bergset. The river flows south through the lakes
Lomnessjøen and
Storsjøen and when the river reaches the village of
Rena, just flows into the large river
Glomma
The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country.
Geography
At its fullest length, the river r ...
.
A tunnel has been built to transport part of the water from the upper
Glomma
The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country.
Geography
At its fullest length, the river r ...
river into the Rena river in order to optimize the production of electricity by nearby power plants.
See also
*
List of rivers in Norway
References
Rendalen
Ã…mot
Rivers of Innlandet
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