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Begna is a river in Norway
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Begna is a river in Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
, which is formed by the merging of the rivers Otrøelva
Otrøelva

The Otr?elva river is a small river in Oppland that originates from headwaters in the Fillefjell mountains to Vangsmj?se. It is a part of the Begna river Drainage basin, joining the Begna above Lake Vangsmj?sa....
 and Ylja. It is also the name of the village of Begna
Begna, Oppland

Begna is a village in the county of Oppland in Norway....
 located by the river.

The Begna runs from Filefjell
Filefjell

Filefjell is a mountainous area between L?rdal and Valdres in Norway.It is the historical, as well as modern, main route, linking vestlandet and ?stlandet....
 in the southern part of Jotunheimen
Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km? in Southern Norway. Jotunheimen is a part of the long Scandinavian Mountains range. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are in Jotunheimen, including the very highest - Galdh?piggen ....
, through Valdres
Valdres

Valdres is a Districts of Norway in central, southern Norway, situated between Gudbrandsdal and Hallingdal. Administratively, it belongs to Oppland....
 and southward to Hønefoss
Hønefoss

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, where the river discharges into lake Tyrifjorden
Tyrifjorden

Tyrifjorden is Norway's List of Norwegian Lakes with an area of 137 km?, has a volume of 13 km?, is 295 meters deep at its deepest, and lies 63 meters above sea level....
. The Begna is 213 km long and has a high point of about 1850 meters. The Begna drains a watershed
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
 of 4875 km² and is the primary river in this watershed.