Oppland

Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Trondelag, More og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, collectively with Hedmark, one of the handiest two landlocked counties of Norway. Innlandet is one among numerous names proposed for a destiny administrative vicinity including Hedmark and Oppland. The two counties are slated to be re-merged after having been split in 1781 then called Hedemarkens amt and Kristians amt, respectively. Historically, the place become generally known as Opplandene.

The county is relatively mountainous, and of the vicinity of just over 25,000 km² is simplest 5109 km² under six hundred meters. The united states's highest mountains, Galdhopiggen 2469 meters above sea degree as well as the mountain massifs Jotunheimen, Dovrefjell and Rondane have big regions in the county limitations. The biggest watercourses in Oppland are Gudbrandalslagen, Etna - Dokka and Begnavassrag . In addition, there are smaller watercourses that drain to Mjosa , the Randsfjord , the Hurdals watercourse , the Leira and the Oslomarkavassdragene . One zone of the thirteen TWh electricity ability is covered while 5.6 TWh is elevated.