Trollhättan Falls
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Trollhättan Falls is a waterfall of Göta älv
in Sweden
. The falls starts at Malgö Bridge in central Trollhättan
, and has a total height of 32 meters, making up a large part of the 44 meter total fall of the river from Vänern
to Kattegat
. Before the hydroelectric powerplants was built the discharge of the falls was 900 m³/s, and the falls stretched down to Olidehålan, where the lower part of the fall was called Helvetesfallet ("Hell Falls").
Today the river is allowed through its original course only at special occasions, to regulate the waterlevels of Vänern
or as a tourist attraction, such as during the Fallens Dagar ("Days of the Waterfalls"), arranged on the third friday of July every year. The discharge is then 300 m³/s.
Most of the time the falls are used in the hydroelectric powerplants Hojum and Olidan on the eastern banks of the river.
Göta älv
The Göta is a river that drains lake Vänern into the Kattegat at the city of Gothenburg on the western coast of Sweden. It is located in Götaland, with the river itself being a site of early Geatish settlement. The length is 93 km. Often the combination of Göta älv and Klarälven is mentioned...
in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The falls starts at Malgö Bridge in central Trollhättan
Trollhättan
Trollhättan is a city and the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 44,498 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 75 km north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg....
, and has a total height of 32 meters, making up a large part of the 44 meter total fall of the river from Vänern
Vänern
Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU and the third largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.- History :...
to Kattegat
Kattegat
The Kattegat , or Kattegatt is a sea area bounded by the Jutland peninsula and the Straits islands of Denmark on the west and south, and the provinces of Västergötland, Scania, Halland and Bohuslän in Sweden on the east. The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Øresund and the Danish...
. Before the hydroelectric powerplants was built the discharge of the falls was 900 m³/s, and the falls stretched down to Olidehålan, where the lower part of the fall was called Helvetesfallet ("Hell Falls").
Today the river is allowed through its original course only at special occasions, to regulate the waterlevels of Vänern
Vänern
Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU and the third largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.- History :...
or as a tourist attraction, such as during the Fallens Dagar ("Days of the Waterfalls"), arranged on the third friday of July every year. The discharge is then 300 m³/s.
Most of the time the falls are used in the hydroelectric powerplants Hojum and Olidan on the eastern banks of the river.