Mandalen

Mandalen
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Location	Vest-Agder, Norway
Long-axis direction	North-South
Long-axis length	75 kilometres (47 mi)
Geology
Type	River valley
Geography
Coordinates	58°22′48″N 07°31′40″E / 58.38000°N 7.52778°E / 58.38000; 7.52778Coordinates: 58°22′48″N 07°31′40″E / 58.38000°N 7.52778°E / 58.38000; 7.52778
Population centers	Mandal
Watercourses	Mandalselva

Mandalen is a river valley in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 75-kilometre (47 mi) long valley runs from the lake Øre in Åseral municipality south through the municipality of Marnardal and it ends at the sea at the town of Mandal in Mandal municipality in the south. The river Mandalselva runs through the valley. The side valleys are Ljoslandsdalen and Lognadalen.