Vidalen is a small forested valley in
Norway
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that runs along the border between
Sør-Aurdal Municipality 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 and
Ringerike Municipality (and a small part of
Flå Municipality) in
Buskerud
Buskerud () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardanger ...
county.
The river Vidøla is a small river which flows through the valley down to where it flows into the Urula river where the valley joins the
Hedalen valley. From there it flows into the lake
Sperillen just south of the village of
Nes in
Ã…dal. The area has traditionally been used for forestry, grazing, hunting, and fishing. The
coniferous forest consists mostly of
spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal (taiga) regions of the Northern hemisphere. ''Picea'' ...
. Logging has been underway in the valley for more than 300 years.
Vidalen offers a varied landscape with forests, mountains, lakes, and marshland combined with an abundance of wildlife. The ''Vassfaret og Vidalen landskapsvernområde'' is a
conservation area which was established in the area during 1985. The protected areas extends approximately from south to north.
References
Valleys of Innlandet
Valleys of Buskerud
Sør-Aurdal
Ringerike (municipality)
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