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{{Infobox waterfall
|name           = Mongefossen
|image          = Mongefossen-Romsdalen-2020.jpg
|image_width    = 
|caption        = Mongefossen seen from the nearby road
|coordinates    = {{Coord|62.4428|7.8953|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|coords_ref     = 
|location       = [[Møre og Romsdal]], [[Norway]]
|elevation      = {{convert|900|m}}
|height         = {{convert|773|m}}
|height_longest = {{convert|773|m}}
|number_drops   = 1
|width          = 
|average_width  = {{convert|23|m}}
|run            = {{convert|610|m}}
|watercourse    = Monge
|average_flow   = 
|world_rank     = 3<ref>{{Cite web |title=World's Tallest Waterfalls By Tallest Individual Drop |url=https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/tallest-waterfalls/single-drop |access-date=2019-07-06 |publisher=World Waterfall Database}}</ref>
|type           = [[Waterfall#Types|Veiling Horsetail]]
}}

'''Mongefossen'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/921114 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=[[Norwegian Mapping Authority|Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref> ({{lit|Monge-falls}}) is a [[waterfall]] in the [[Rauma Municipality]] of [[Møre og Romsdal]] county, [[Norway]].<ref name="snl" /> 

[[File:Grytten et gårdsbruk ved Mongefossen - NB MS G4 0001.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mongefossen around the year 1900]]
It is the fourth tallest single-drop waterfall in the world. It's located near the [[European route E136]] highway and the [[Rauma River]], which it flows into. There is some dispute as to the height, but it is generally listed at {{convert|773|m}}.<ref>{{wwdb name|id=7|name=Mongefossen}}</ref> 

As is the case with many of Norway's waterfalls, it has been targeted for [[hydroelectric]] power, which results in a greatly diminished water flow during the summer tourist season.<ref name="snl">{{Cite SNL|Mongefossen|Mongefossen|2025-03-30|Vinjar|Asbjørn|2024-11-26|editor2-first=Geir|editor2-last=Thorsnæs}}</ref>

Mongefossen also holds the distinction as being the highest waterfall in the world which may be viewed from a [[Train station|railway station]] on the [[Rauma Line]], on the north side between the villages of Flatmark and Marstein.

==See also==
*[[List of waterfalls]]
*[[List of waterfalls by height]]

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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040127064708/http://www.ub.uib.no/knudsenbilder/bilder/UBB/KK/1622/085/08522h_l.jpg Old picture of the unregulated falls]

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[[Category:Rauma Municipality]]
[[Category:Horsetail waterfalls]]
[[Category:Waterfalls of Møre og Romsdal]]


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