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Sjoa
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Sjoa is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The long river runs through Vågå Municipality and Sel Municipality and it provides the outlet from lake Gjende at Gjendesheim in the Jotunheimen mountains of Norway's Jotunheim National Park. The river flows eastward through the Sjodalen valley and Heidal valley into the Gudbrandsdalslågen river at the village of Sjoa.

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River.name
Sjoa
River.image
Sjoa (2005).jpg
River.image_caption
View of the river (2005) thumb|The river during summer.
River.mapframe zoom
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River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Norway
River.subdivision_type2
County
River.subdivision_name2
Innlandet
River.subdivision_type3
Municipalities
River.subdivision_name3
Vågå Municipality and Sel Municipality
River.source1
Gjende lake
River.source1_location
Gjendesheim, Vågå Municipality
River.mouth
Gudbrandsdalslågen
River.mouth_location
Sjoa, Sel Municipality

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Ridderspranget.JPG
Length
98
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Commons category
Sjoa
watershed area
1529
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Sjoa is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The long river runs through Vågå Municipality and Sel Municipality and it provides the outlet from lake Gjende at Gjendesheim in the Jotunheimen mountains of Norway's Jotunheim National Park. The river flows eastward through the Sjodalen valley and Heidal valley into the Gudbrandsdalslågen river at the village of Sjoa.

South of the village of Randsverk, the river flows through Ridderspranget which is a ravine named after a Norwegian myth.

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