Ringedalsvatnet is a
lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
in
Ullensvang Municipality in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
county,
Norway
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. The lake sits just east of the village of
Skjeggedal and about east (up the valley) from the village of
Tyssedal, which sits on the shore of the
Sørfjorden. The lake is the main reservoir for a
hydroelectric power station in Tyssedal which provides electricity for the power intensive industries in the nearby town of
Odda
Odda () is a list of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Hordaland counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ullensvang Municipality i ...
. The wide and high
Ringedals Dam was constructed from 1910–1918.
Due to the extensive regulation of the nearby lakes such as
Langavatnet and
Nybuvatnet in the mountains above this lake, several of the large
waterfall
A waterfall is any 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 seve ...
s that once fed Ringedalsvatnet are no longer regularly flowing. The
Tyssestrengene and
Ringedalsfossen waterfalls were once very notable waterfalls on the cliffs surrounding this lake. The
Trolltunga cliff overlooks this lake too, attracting many tourists and hikers each year.
File:Ringedalsvatnet from Ringedalsdammen.jpg, View of the lake, from the dam
File:Tyssestrengene, Hardanger Fjord, Norway-LCCN2001699497.jpg, Tyssestrengene waterfall
File:Skjeggedalsfos II Odde Hardanger Fjord Norway.jpg, Ringedalsfossen
File:View of trolltunga.jpg, View of the Trolltunga outcropping
See also
*
List of lakes in Norway
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by Counties of Norway, county.
For the geography and history of lakes in that country, see Lakes in Norway, including:
*Lakes in Norway#Largest lakes, List of largest lakes in Norway
*L ...
References
External links
Mapof the lakes regulated by "Tyssefaldene" for hydropower plants
Lakes of Vestland
Ullensvang
Reservoirs in Norway
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