Bøvra

The Bøvra (unofficially: Bævra) is a river in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and in Rindal Municipality and Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 27-kilometre (17 mi) long river runs through the Bøver Valley and empties into Hamnesfjord at the village of Bøverfjorden, where the high-water mark lies 650 meters (2, 130 ft) upstream from the mouth of the river. Its drainage basin covers 243 square kilometers (94 sq mi) and receives about 1,500 millimeters (59 in) of precipitation annually. The main river has a natural salmon population up to 20 kilometers (12 mi) from the fjord, and salmon can also be found 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) into the Svorka River, a tributary. After regulation of the river, salmon fishing has been limited to downstream from the Svorka power station. In 1986, salmon flukes, a parasite, were detected and the river was treated with rotenone in 1986 and 1989. After the treatment, the river was reopened for fishing in 1994. In addition to salmon, sea trout also travel up the river. The lower part of the Bøvra Valley is a U-shaped valley and the course of the river creates meanders. Upstream, from the Bjørnåssetra farm to the Brattset farm, the river runs through a relatively narrow canyon for a length of about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi). The watercourse was regulated in 1963 and it has several power stations along it, including the Svorka Po

Flows through: Norway.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.