Mandalen

Mandalen
Mandalen
Location of the valley
Mandalen
Mandalen (Norway)
Location Vest-Agder, Norway
Long-axis direction North-South
Long-axis length 75 kilometres (47 mi)
Geology
Type River valley
Geography
Coordinates 58°22′48″N 07°31′40″E / 58.38000°N 7.52778°E / 58.38000; 7.52778Coordinates: 58°22′48″N 07°31′40″E / 58.38000°N 7.52778°E / 58.38000; 7.52778
Population centers Mandal
Watercourses Mandalselva

Mandalen is a river valley in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 75-kilometre (47 mi) long valley runs from the lake Øre in Åseral municipality south through the municipality of Marnardal and it ends at the sea at the town of Mandal in Mandal municipality in the south. The river Mandalselva runs through the valley. The side valleys are Ljoslandsdalen and Lognadalen.[1]

References

  1. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Mandalen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 May 2009.


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