Renaelva / Rena | |
Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the river |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Norway |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipalities |
Subdivision Name3: | Rendalen, Åmot |
Length: | 165km (103miles) |
Source1: | Confluence of the rivers Tysla and Unsetåa |
Source1 Location: | Rendalen, Innlandet |
Source1 Coordinates: | 61.9169°N 11.0686°W |
Mouth: | Confluence with Glomma river |
Mouth Location: | Åmot, Innlandet |
Mouth Coordinates: | 61.1358°N 11.385°W |
Basin Size: | 3967km2 |
The Rena or Renaelva is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The 165km (103miles) long river runs through Rendalen and Åmot municipalities in Innlandet county. This river is a tributary of the large river Glomma. Kjøllsæter Bridge connects the east and west side of the river. The 30km (20miles) river Julussa flows from south through the Julussdalen valley and into the river Rena.[1]
The Rena watershed has a drainage area of . The river begins at the confluence of the rivers Tysla and Unsetåa which is just south of the Fonnåsfjellet mountain and just north of the village of Bergset. The river flows south through the lakes Lomnessjøen and Storsjøen and when the river reaches the village of Rena, just flows into the large river Glomma.
A tunnel has been built to transport part of the water from the upper Glomma river into the Rena river in order to optimize the production of electricity by nearby power plants.