Sjoa
| Sjoa | |
|---|---|
View of the river (2005) Credit: TaHan | |
| Location | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| Municipalities | Vågå Municipality and Sel Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Gjende lake |
| • location | Gjendesheim, Vågå Municipality |
| • coordinates | 61°29′42″N 8°48′29″E / 61.4949763°N 8.8080739°E |
| • elevation | 985 metres (3,232 ft) |
| Mouth | Gudbrandsdalslågen |
• location | Sjoa, Sel Municipality |
• coordinates | 61°40′47″N 9°32′04″E / 61.67964345°N 9.53443765°E |
• elevation | 270 metres (890 ft) |
| Length | 98 km (61 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,527 km2 (590 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 34.4 m3/s (1,210 cu ft/s) |
Sjoa is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The 98-kilometre (61 mi) long river runs through Vågå Municipality and Sel Municipality and it provides the outlet from lake Gjende at Gjendesheim in the Jotunheimen mountains of Norway's Jotunheim National Park. The river flows eastward through the Sjodalen valley and Heidal valley into the Gudbrandsdalslågen river at the village of Sjoa.
South of the village of Randsverk, the river flows through Ridderspranget which is a ravine named after a Norwegian myth.