Aura | |
Pushpin Map: | Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the river |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Norway |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Møre og Romsdal |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipalities |
Subdivision Name3: | Molde Municipality |
Length: | 25.3km (15.7miles) |
Source1: | Aursjøen |
Source1 Location: | Romsdalsalpane, Molde |
Source1 Coordinates: | 62.4037°N 8.5368°W |
Mouth: | Eikesdalsvatnet |
Mouth Location: | Eikesdalen, Molde |
Mouth Coordinates: | 62.4787°N 8.1729°W |
Basin Size: | 842.43km2 |
The Aura is a river in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It starts from Lake Aursjøen in the Romsdalsalpane mountains and flows first to the west and then north-west through the village of Eikesdalen before finally emptying into the large lake Eikesdalsvatnet.[1]
The river is long and has a catchment area of . Under natural conditions the river would have an average water flow at the mouth of, but this has been greatly reduced because of power development. In the 1950s, both the main river and most tributaries were transferred to the Aura power plant in Sunndal Municipality.