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7340 Oppdal, Norway

Mågålaupet

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Mågålaupet (also written Magalaupet, Maglaupet og Måggålaupet) is a 100-meter (330 ft) long, zigzag-shaped gorge in the river Driva in Oppdal municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. The narrowest point is 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) wide. The depth is estimated to 10 meters (33 ft).

The gorge consists of a series of large interconnected giant's kettles formed by the river Driva since the last ice age. The bedrock in the gorge is hard gneiss, and Driva is eroding it at a speed of 1 millimetre (0.039 in) per year, equivalent to 10 meters (33 ft) in 10 000 years.

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