Flakstadelva is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The 32.6-kilometre (20.3 mi) river begins in the Lavsjømyrene bog areas in northern Løten. From there it runs in a southerly direction and forms the lake Nybusjøen which discharges into the Lundsbekken river. The river flows in a v-shaped valley which twists before its mouth at the town of Hamar where it empties into the lake Mjøsa.[1] The river's erosion has exposed the lower Cambrian and middle Cambrian rock formations in that region.[2]

Flakstadelva
Flagstadelva
From the delta area near lake Mjøsa
Flakstadelva is located in Innlandet
Flakstadelva
Location of the river
Flakstadelva is located in Norway
Flakstadelva
Flakstadelva (Norway)
Location
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
MunicipalitiesHamar Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceLavsjømyrene
 • locationLøten, Norway
 • coordinates61°00′21″N 11°14′13″E / 61.0059°N 11.2369°E / 61.0059; 11.2369
 • elevation674 metres (2,211 ft)
MouthLake Mjøsa
 • location
Hamar, Norway
 • coordinates
60°47′48″N 11°06′13″E / 60.7968°N 11.1037°E / 60.7968; 11.1037
 • elevation
123 metres (404 ft)
Length32.6 km (20.3 mi)
Basin size179.88 km2 (69.45 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average1.96 m3/s (69 cu ft/s)

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References

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  1. ^ Puschmann, Oskar (December 1998). "The Norwegian landscape reference system - use of different sources as a base to describe landscape regions" (PDF). Inger Marie Larsen and Isobel Harrison (trans.). Norwegian Institute of Land Inventory. p. Appendix 1.
  2. ^ Håvard, Guatneb; Ola.M., Sæther (2009). "A compilation ofpreviously published geochemical data on the lower Cambro-Silurian sedimentary sequence, including the alum shales in the Oslo region" (PDF). Geological Survey of Norway. p. 9. ISSN 0800-3416.