The Måna or Måne is a river in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway . The 32-kilometre (20 mi) river flows from the lake Møsvatn through the Vestfjorddalen valley and the town of Rjukan to the large lake Tinnsjå near the village of Miland . It is part of the Skiensvassdraget drainage basin .
4-561: The entire river has a total drop in elevation of 727 metres (2,385 ft) from Møsvatn to Tinnsjå, notably including the Rjukan Falls , a large waterfall that has also been a major tourist attraction. This area has been developed in five power stations with a total installation of 506 megawatts (679,000 hp) and a total average annual production of 2,237 gigawatt-hours (8,050 TJ ). The largest power stations are Vemork and Såheim . This Telemark location article
8-530: A nearby Norsk Hydro factory. The waterfall is named Rjukanfossen in Norwegian ( Old Norse : Rjúkandi ). The first element is derived from the present participle of the verb rjúka which means "to emit smoke" or "to emit vapor" (referring to all the froth from the waterfall). The last element is a later addition to the name which comes from the Norwegian word fossen which means "the waterfall ". This Telemark location article
12-667: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Norway is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rjukan Falls Rjukan Falls ( English ) or Rjukanfossen ( Norwegian ) is a waterfall in the western part of the Vestfjorddalen valley in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway . The 104-metre (341 ft) tall waterfall
16-467: Is located on the river Måna , about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the west of the town of Rjukan . Historically, the waterfall was a major tourist attraction, being one of the first floodlighted waterfalls by electricity produced by the same waterfall. In 1905, the waterfall and surrounding river were harnessed by the Vemork hydro-electrical power plant to produce power for the saltpetre production at
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