Aursjøen

Aursjøen is a lake in Norway on the border between Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county and Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level and is about around.

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Body of water.name: Aursjøen
Body of water.image: Aursjøen.jpg
Body of water.caption: View of the Aursjøen lake
Body of water.mapframe: yes
Body of water.mapframe zoom: 9
Body of water.mapframe caption: Interactive map of the lake
Body of water.location: Møre og Romsdal andInnlandet, Norway
Body of water.type: partly reservoir and partly natural freshwater lake
Body of water.outflow: Aura River
Body of water.basin_countries: Norway
Body of water.date built: 1953
Body of water.islands: numerous islets
Body of water.reference: NVE

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The lake was dammed up in 1953 to provide water for the Aura power station. It flooded together with the nearby lake Gautsjøen. The water in lake Aursjøen flows out to the river Aura which flows through the Eikesdalen valley and eventually to the lake Eikesdalsvatnet.

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