Verdalselva is a 21 kilometres (13 mi) long river in the municipality of Verdal

Verdal

Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra...

 in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The river begins at Holmen in the village of Vuku

Vuku

Vuku is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the confluence of the Helgåa and Inna rivers where they become the Verdalselva river. The village is about west of Vera and about east of the municipal center of Verdalsøra. The village has a...

 at the confluence

Confluence

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...

 of the rivers Inna

Inna (Verdal)

Inna is a river that flows through the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The river begins in the east at the lake Innsvatnet, located near the border to Sweden, and it runs west to Vuku at the confluence of the rivers Inna and Helgåa, which together become the river...

 and Helgåa

Helgåa

Helgåa is a river in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The river begins at the lake Veresvatnet and runs through the valley Helgådalen for about to Holmen in the village of Vuku, where it merges with the river Inna to create the river Verdalselva. At Granfossen there is...

. The river Inna drains the lake Innsvatnet

Innsvatnet

Innsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies in the eastern part of the municipality, just west of the border with Sweden. The lake is the headwaters for the river Inna, which later flows into the Verdalselva river. The lake sits at an...

 near the Swedish

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....

 border and the river Helgåa runs from the lake Veresvatnet

Veresvatnet

Veresvatnet or Veressjøen is a lake in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies in the eastern part of the municipality, just west of the border with Sweden and just south of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park...

 at the village of Vera

Vera, Norway

Vera is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the lake Veresvatnet, about west of the hborder with Sweden, about south of the edge of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park, and about east of the village of Vuku...

. The river Verdalselva flows west into the Trondheimsfjord

Trondheimsfjord

The Trondheimsfjord , an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way...

, after passing through the town of Verdalsøra

Verdalsøra

Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva...

. The river Verdalselva is one of the country's best for salmon

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

fishing.