Mongefossen
Mongefossen seen from the nearby road
Mongefossen is located in Møre og Romsdal
Mongefossen
Mongefossen is located in Norway
Mongefossen
LocationMøre og Romsdal, Norway
Coordinates62°26′34″N 7°53′43″E / 62.4428°N 7.8953°E / 62.4428; 7.8953
TypeVeiling Horsetail
Elevation900 metres (3,000 ft)
Total height773 metres (2,536 ft)
Number of drops1
Longest drop773 metres (2,536 ft)
Average width23 metres (75 ft)
Run610 metres (2,000 ft)
WatercourseMonge
World height ranking3[1]

Mongefossen (English: Monge falls) is a waterfall in the Rauma Municipality of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the fourth tallest single-drop waterfall in the world. It's located near the European route E136 highway and the Rauma River, which it flows into. There is some dispute as to the height, but it is generally listed at 773 metres (2,536 ft).[2] As is the case with many of Norway's waterfalls, it has been targeted for hydroelectric power, which results in a greatly diminished water flow during the summer tourist season.[3]

Mongefossen also holds the distinction as being the highest waterfall in the world which may be viewed from a railway station on the Rauma Line, on the north side between the villages of Flatmark and Marstein.

Mongefossen around the year 1900

See also

References

  1. "World's Tallest Waterfalls By Tallest Individual Drop". World Waterfall Database. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. "Mongefossen". World Waterfall Database.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Mongefossen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-10-27.


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