Vermafossen

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|name = Vermafossen

|image = 709. Romsdalen, Vermaafossene - no-nb digifoto 20151109 00071 bldsa AL0709 (cropped).jpg

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|caption = Credit: Axel Lindahl (1890)

|coordinates = {{Coord|62.342773|8.035205|region:NO|display=inline,title}}

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|location = Møre og Romsdal, Norway

|elevation =

|height = {{convert|365|m}}

|height_longest =

|number_drops =

|width = {{convert|137|m}}

|average_width = {{convert|15|m}}

|run = {{convert|975|m}}

|watercourse = Rauma

|average_flow = {{convert|8|m3/s}}

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|type = Segmented Steep Cascade

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Vermafossen or Vermefossen{{Cite news|url=http://www.andalsnes-avis.no/nyheter/article337823.ece|title=Vårflom i Vermefossen|last=Talberg|first=Øystein|date=2011-05-11|newspaper=Åndalsnes Avis|access-date=2017-02-08|language=nb-NO}} is a waterfall in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The waterfall is on the river Verma which is a tributary to the large river Rauma which flows through the Romsdalen valley. The waterfall is near the village of Verma as well as the Rauma railway line and the European route E136.

The river Verma flows in steep cascades, splits in three canals, and finally drops about {{convert|50|m}} into the main river. The total height is about {{convert|380|m}} along the {{convert|1000|m}} of the Verma river.Welle-Strand, Erling (1988). De tusen fossers land. Oslo: Nortrabooks. {{ISBN|8290103433}}. In the world waterfall database it is listed as the 242nd tallest in the world.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Vermafossen-67/|title=Vermafossen {{!}} World Waterfall Database|website=www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com|access-date=2017-02-09}} The valley of the Verma river is a typical "hook-valley" (agnordal) as Verma river in prehistory was a tributary to Gudbrandsdalslågen to the east. As the Rauma river gradually dug into the bedrock in upper Romsdalen valley the watershed shifted east and Verma river was captured by Rauma river. Hans Reusch described this peculiarity of the Scandinavian divide in 1905. The hook-valley phenomenon is particularly visible around the Romsdalen/Eikesdalen and northern Gudbrandsdalen.{{Cite news|url=https://snl.no/agnordaler|title=agnordaler – Store norske leksikon|newspaper=Store norske leksikon|access-date=2017-02-09|language=no}}{{Cite journal|last=Reusch|first=Hans|year=1905|title=En eiendommelighed ved Skandinaviens hovedvandskille (A peculiarity of the Scandinavian divide)|url=http://www.geologi.no/images/NJG_articles/NGT_01_1_01__1-15.pdf|journal=Norsk geologisk tidsskrift|volume= 1| issue = 1|pages=1–15}}

The flow of the Verma river is regulated by dams and used at the Verma power station (originally built in 1923, expanded in 1953). The dam is about {{convert|420|m}} above the power station. About {{convert|70|GWh|lk=on}} are produced annually.Hanne Toftdahl: Friluftsliv og andre utendørsaktiviteter langs Rauma-Verma. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo, 1988.Verdier i Raum (Verma), VVV-rapport 2001-44, Direktoratet for naturforvaltning

The Rauma Line runs on a {{convert|26|m|adj=on}} long bridge (constructed 1918-1923) across the lower part of the waterfall.Langs Raumavassdraget i kulturminneåret. Åndalsnes: Rauma kommune ved Kultur- og miljøstyret. 1997. {{ISBN|8299348811}}.

File:G. Saal Vermedalsfossen i Romsdalen.jpg

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