Eio (river)
The Eio is a short but powerful river in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. It runs from Lake Eidfjord into Eid Fjord and is 2.1 kilometers (1.3 mi) long. The river is the lowermost part of the Eidfjord river system, which, in addition to the Eio, includes the Bjoreio and Veig rivers, which flow into Lake Eidfjord. The river system has a drainage basin of 1,174 square kilometers (453 sq mi) and a length of 78.5 kilometers (48.8 mi) reckoned from the furthest source of the Bjoreio on the Hardanger Plateau to the mouth of the Eio in the fjord.
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References
- ^ "Eio". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Eio, Eidfjord (Hordaland)". Yr. Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ Helleland, Botolv (1982). "History in the Place-Names of a Fjord Community in the West of Norway (Eidfjord)". Journal of Historical Geography. 9 (4): 131.
- ^ Edvardsen, Siss-May; Svegården, Jostein (2005). Flaumsonekart, delprosjekt Eidfjord (PDF). Oslo: Noregs vassdrags- og energidirektorat. p. 2. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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