Eio (river)

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The Eio is a short but powerful river in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway.{{cite web|title=Eio|url=https://snl.no/Eio|website=Store norske leksikon|accessdate=May 5, 2018}}{{cite web|title=Eio, Eidfjord (Hordaland)|url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Hordaland/Eidfjord/Eio/|website=Yr|publisher=Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=May 5, 2018}} It runs from Lake Eidfjord into Eid Fjord{{cite journal|last1=Helleland|first1=Botolv|title=History in the Place-Names of a Fjord Community in the West of Norway (Eidfjord)|journal=Journal of Historical Geography|date=1982|volume=9|issue=4|page=131}} and is {{convert|2.1|km|sp=us}} long. The river is the lowermost part of the Eidfjord river system, which, in addition to the Eio, includes the Bjoreio and Veig rivers, which flow into Lake Eidfjord. The river system has a drainage basin of {{convert|1174|km2|sp=us}}{{cite book|last1=Edvardsen|first1=Siss-May|last2=Svegården|first2=Jostein|title=Flaumsonekart, delprosjekt Eidfjord|date=2005|publisher=Noregs vassdrags- og energidirektorat|location=Oslo|page=2|url=http://publikasjoner.nve.no/flomsonekart/2005/flomsonekart2005_14.pdf|accessdate=May 5, 2018}} and a length of {{convert|78.5|km|sp=us}} reckoned from the furthest source of the Bjoreio on the Hardanger Plateau to the mouth of the Eio in the fjord.

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Category:Rivers of Vestland

Category:Eidfjord

Category:Rivers of Norway

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