Levangselva

{{short description|River in Trøndelag, Norway}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Norway

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|subdivision_name2 = Trøndelag

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|subdivision_name3 = Levanger Municipality

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|source1 = Confluence of the rivers Tomtvasselva and Åselva

|source1_location = Damås, Levanger Municipality

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|source1_elevation = {{convert|120|m}}

|mouth = Trondheimsfjorden

|mouth_location = Levanger, Levanger Municipality

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Levangselva{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/437639 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}} is a river that flows through Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It flows into the Trondheimsfjord in the town of Levanger.{{Cite web |last=Lund |first=Roar A. |title=Status for ungfiskbestanden i et regulert laksevassdrag (Levangerelva) relatert til vannføringsregimet |url=http://www.nina.no/archive/nina/PppBasePdf/rapport/2006/134.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626085243/http://www.nina.no/archive/nina/PppBasePdf/rapport/2006/134.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2013 |access-date=28 January 2012 |publisher=Norwegian Institute for Nature Research |page=8}}

The area through which the river flows was once part of the old Frol Municipality. The river has Atlantic salmon and trout. The Hansfossen Power Station is located {{convert|15|km|sp=us|0}} upstream from the mouth at the {{convert|48|m|adj=on}} tall Hansfossen waterfall.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Levangerelva |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Levangerelva |date=2018-03-26 |editor-last=Vinjar |editor-first=Asbjørn |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-04-02}}

See also

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Category:Levanger

Category:Rivers of Trøndelag

Category:Rivers of Norway

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