Tisleifjorden

{{short description|Lake in Innlandet and V

Buskerud, Norway}}

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|caption = Tisleifjorden from Auenhaugen

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|location = Nord-Aurdal (Innlandet), Gol and Hemsedal (Buskerud)

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Tisleifjorden is a lake on the border of Innlandet and Buskerud counties in Norway. The lake lies in Nord-Aurdal municipality in Innlandet county, as well in Gol and Hemsedal municipalities in Buskerud county. Tisleifjorden is dammed for hydroelectric power. The height of the lake sits around {{convert|819|m}} above sea level, but it can vary up to {{convert|11|m}}. The {{convert|13.54|km2|adj=on}} lake has a circumference of about {{convert|32.5|km}}. It is located about {{convert|25|km}} to the southwest of the town of Fagernes.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Tisleifjorden |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Tisleifjorden |date=2020-09-25 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-09-15}}

File:Tisleifjorden_dam.jpg

Dam

Tisleifjorden Dam creates a reservoir for the Åbjøra kraftverk hydro-electric power plant along the Aurdalsfjorden near the village of Aurdal. The power plant was built from 1949-1951 and it was rebuilt in 2002. Åbjøra kraftverk is operated by Skagerak Energi.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Åbjøra kraftverk |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/%C3%85bj%C3%B8ra_kraftverk |date=2021-01-28 |editor-last=Rosvold |editor-first=Knut A. |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-09-15}}{{Cite web |title=Åbjøra |url=http://www.statkraft.no/Energikilder/vaare-kraftverk/norge/Abjora/ |website=Statkraft |language=no}}

See also

References

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{{Lakes in Norway}}

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Category:Gol, Norway

Category:Hemsedal

Category:Nord-Aurdal

Category:Lakes of Innlandet

Category:Lakes of Buskerud

Category:Reservoirs in Norway

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