Vermafossen

Vermafossen
Photo by Axel Lindahl (1890)
Location Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Type Cascade
Total height 380 metres (1,250 ft)
Watercourse Rauma

Vermafossen or Vermefossen[1] is a waterfall in the Verma tributary to Rauma near Verma village. Verma flows in steep cascades, splits in three canals and finally drops 50 meters into the main river. The total height is about 380 meters along 1000 meters of the Verma river.[2] In the world waterfall database it is listed as the 242nd tallest in the world.[3] The valley of the Verma river is a typical "hook-valley" (agnordal) as Verma river in prehistory was a tributary to Gudbrandsdalslågen to the east. As the Rauma river gradually dug into the bedrock in upper Romsdalen valley the watershed shifted east and Verma river was captured by Rauma river. Hans Reusch described this peculiarity of the Scandinavian divide in 1905. The hook-valley phenomenon is particularly visible around the Romsdalen/Eikesdalen and northern Gudbrandsdalen.[4][5]

The flow of the Verma river is regulated by dams and used at the Verma power station (originally built in 1923, expanded in 1953). The dam is about 420 meters above the power station. About 70 GWh are produced annually.[6][7]

The Rauma Line runs on a 26 meter bridge (constructed 1918-1923) across the lower part.[8]

Drawing published 1848 in Norge fremstillet i Tegninger

References

  1. ↑ Talberg, Øystein (2011-05-11). "Vårflom i Vermefossen". Åndalsnes Avis (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  2. ↑ Welle-Strand, Erling (1988). De tusen fossers land. Oslo: Nortrabooks. ISBN 8290103433.
  3. ↑ "Vermafossen | World Waterfall Database". www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  4. ↑ "agnordaler – Store norske leksikon". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  5. ↑ Reusch, Hans (1905). "En eiendommelighed ved Skandinaviens hovedvandskille (A peculiarity of the Scandinavian divide)" (PDF). Norsk geologisk tidsskrift. vol. 1, no. 1: 1–15.
  6. ↑ Hanne Toftdahl: Friluftsliv og andre utendørsaktiviteter langs Rauma-Verma. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo, 1988.
  7. ↑ Verdier i Raum (Verma), VVV-rapport 2001-44, Direktoratet for naturforvaltning
  8. ↑ Langs Raumavassdraget i kulturminneåret. Åndalsnes: Rauma kommune ved Kultur- og miljøstyret. 1997. ISBN 8299348811.

Coordinates: 62°20′52″N 8°02′34″E / 62.3477°N 8.0428°E / 62.3477; 8.0428

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