River
Drammenselva
48 km from source to mouth · Norway.
NorwayFlows into Drammensfjord10th longest in Norway
In numbers
Length
48km
Average flow
310m³/s
Basin
17,000km²
Drop
45m
from 45 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
48 km of river and 23 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmTyrifjordenat 45 m
- 5 kmVikersund3,232 people
- 5 kmTyrifjorden136 km²
- 10 kmBergsjøen2.2 km²
- 10 kmKatfoss
- 11 kmGravfoss
- 16 kmKongsfoss
- 17 kmDøvikfossen
- 24 kmKolbrekkvannet0.6 km²
- 27 kmHellefossen
- 28 kmHokksund bridge
- 35 kmHagatjern0.7 km²
- 35 kmNedre Eiker Bridge
- 43 kmLandfalløybrua
- 44 kmØvre Sund Bridge
- 45 kmYpsilon
- 45 kmDrammen106,013 people
- 45 kmDrammen City Bridge
- 46 kmHolmen bridge
- 46 kmStrømsøløpet railway bridge
- 46 kmStrømsø bridge
- 46 kmDrammen Bridge
- 47 kmBragernesløpet railway bridge
- 47 kmSkoger1,206 people
- 48 kmDrammensfjordat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Norway
At the mouth it carries 314 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 8.0 seconds. It drops from 45 m to 0 m, 0.9 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 17,000 km², about the size of SZ. 189,000 people live in it. Highest water: from April to June; lowest: from January to March. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (12% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- DrammenLargest city on its banks · 106,013 people
- Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 62 km from the cityCar hire at OSL airport (Oslo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water25 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to AugustThe best months to visit
Drammenselva, month by month
Highest water: from April to June
Lowest water: from January to March. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from June to August.
From about 120 m³/s in the lowest month to 770 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Drammenselva: the basin in numbers
17,189 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 189,000people live in the basin
- 11/km²people per km²
- 755maverage altitude of the basin
- 789mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 1.1°Caverage air temperature
- 11%protected areas
- 6.1%covered by lakes
- 1%permafrost
- 1.2km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 68% Forest
- 3% Cropland
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Drammenselva: what you find on the way
- 7WeirsKongsfoss and 6 more
- 7WaterfallsKatfoss, Gravfoss, Kongsfoss and 4 more
- 15Boat ramps
- 1Ferry piersSvend Haugs Gate
- 9MarinasMuusøya Båthavn, Union brygge, Holmen Motorbåtforening and 6 more
- 4River beachesTyrifjord hotell, Grua, Bragernes strand and 1 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Drammenselva in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
5waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
4lakes on its wayLakeyas
7beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
216mountains at the sourcePeakyas
30islands off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (5)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Katfosskm 12
- Gravfosskm 13
- Kongsfosskm 18
- Døvikfossenkm 19
- Hellefossenkm 31
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (4)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Tyrifjordenkm 6 · 295 m deep136km²
- Bergsjøenkm 112.2km²
- Kolbrekkvannetkm 280.6km²
- Hagatjernkm 400.7km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (7)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Raustrand25 km away18.4°C
- Hunsvikbukta18 km away · cove18.4°C
- Orevikbukta20 km away · cove18.4°C
- Kroksbukta22 km away · cove18.4°C
- Bogebukta22 km away · cove18.4°C
- Holmsbukta20 km away · cove18.4°C
- Selvikbukta19 km away · cove18.4°C
Mountains at the source (216)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Brennåsen7.0 km away · prominence 586 m704m
- Hesteskotjernåsen5.9 km away669m
- Sandtjernåsen6.2 km away652m
- Hammersås8.6 km away650m
- Bomleåsen8.3 km away638m
- Vestre Gulbrandstjernås4.5 km away633m
- Indre Gulbrandstjernås5.1 km away627m
- Høgbrenna12 km away571m
208 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (30)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Nesøya22 km away
- Danmark24 km away
- Bjerkøya24 km away
- Håøya19 km away
- Langøya28 km away
- Brønnøya22 km away1.4km²
- Ostøya24 km away2.4km²
- Kalvøya24 km away
22 more on IslandyasIslandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Drammenselva in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (3)
Also: Simoa, Snarumselva, Hoenselva
Nearby
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Sweden460 km160 m³/s192 km awayGöta älvSweden95 km570 m³/s235 km awayOtraNorway245 km150 m³/s218 km awayÖsterdal RiverSweden300 km150 m³/s285 km awayLjusnanSweden440 km230 m³/s373 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q537889) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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