Lygna

Lygna
Lyngdalselva Storåni
River
Kvåsfossen waterfall on the river Lygna
Country	Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Lister Region
Municipality	Lyngdal, Hægebostad
Source	Øyvassheia
- location	Hægebostad, Vest-Agder, Norway
- elevation	909 m (2,982 ft)
- coordinates	58°39′19″N 07°06′59″E / 58.65528°N 7.11639°E
Mouth	Alleen
- location	Lyngdal, Vest-Agder, Norway
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates	58°08′32″N 07°02′58″E / 58.14222°N 7.04944°ECoordinates: 58°08′32″N 07°02′58″E / 58.14222°N 7.04944°E
Length	82.2 km (51 mi)
Basin	667.08 km^2 (258 sq mi)
Discharge
- average	35.9 m^3/s (1,268 cu ft/s)

Lygna or Lyngdalselva is a river in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 82.2-kilometre (51.1 mi) river runs from the mountains in northern Hægebostad municipality, through the Lyngdalen valley to the municipality of Lyngdal to its mouth at Alleen, where it runs into Lyngdalsfjorden. Lygna has a discharge of 35.9 cubic metres per second (1,270 cu ft/s), and a drainage basin covering 664.3 square kilometres (256.5 sq mi).^[1] The river is called the Storåni north of the lake Lygne. The river passes the villages of Tingvatn, Snartemo, and Kvås as well as the town of Lyngdal.^[2]

References

1. "NVA Atlas". Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.
2. Store norske leksikon. "Lygna" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-08-11.