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Rauma

River in Norway

Body of waterriverQ494838

Also known as Rauma River · Rauma (river)

Length: 68 km
Mouth: Romsdalsfjord
, Atlantic Ocean
Country: Norway
Watershed area: 1,202 km²

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The Rauma is a river that runs through the Romsdalen valley in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. It runs for 68 kilometres (42 mi) from the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet in Lesja Municipality, through the valley all the way to the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma Municipality where it empties into the Romsdalsfjorden. The river was once famous for its salmon-fishing, but since an infection with Gyrodactylus salaris only 5 to 10% of the original stock survives. This, however, has begun to recover rapidly after a successful revitalisation project. The salmon runs up to the Slettafossen, a 16-metre (52 ft) high combination of waterfalls and rapids more than 42 kilometres (26 mi) upriver from the estuary.

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Lake on watercourse: Lesjaskogsvatnet
Tributary: Istra River
Located in: Rauma Municipality
Lesja Municipality
Drainage basin: Raumavassdraget
Category for the water basin: Category:Raumavassdraget
Different from: Rauma criterion used: toponym is not unique
Rauma Municipality criterion used: toponym is not unique
Rauma
Rauma-class missile boat
Rauma

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62.2293, 8.3602OpenStreetMap ↗

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