Kvina | |
Name Other: | Kvine |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Norway |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Agder |
Length: | 152km (94miles) |
Discharge1 Location: | Fedafjorden |
Discharge1 Avg: | 32m3/s |
Source1: | Rjuven |
Source1 Location: | Setesdalsheiene, Valle, Norway |
Source1 Coordinates: | 59.2194°N 7.2614°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1418m (4,652feet) |
Mouth: | Fedafjorden |
Mouth Location: | Liknes, Kvinesdal, Norway |
Mouth Coordinates: | 58.2722°N 6.8892°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
Basin Size: | 1452.43km2 |
Kvina is a river in Southern Norway. The 152km (94miles) long river begins in the Setesdalsheiene mountains in the municipality of Valle in Agder county and it flows south, along the former Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder county border, through the Kvinesdalen valley, and emptying into the Fedafjorden, just south of Liknes in Kvinesdal municipality. The river has a 1452.43km2 watershed. The river is rich in fish. In 2014, about 1.02t of salmon was caught in the river Kvina. The river runs through the villages of Netland, Storekvina, and Liknes.
The river passes through a number of lakes that are regulated for hydropower including the Roskreppfjorden, Øyarvatn, Kvifjorden, and Homstølvatnet. The hydropower is utilized in several power stations along the river. The largest is the Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station in Sirdal. Water from the river is piped through a 7km (04miles) long pipe to the plant. About half of the water is transferred out of the Kvina to the Tonstad plant. The river had an average water flow of before the regulation of the water, and since then the river has an average flow of .[1]