Editing Sirdal (section)

==Geography==
Sirdal municipality includes the westernmost valley in Agder county, bordering [[Rogaland]] county to the west. To the south, it borders on the municipality of [[Flekkefjord]] and to the east is [[Kvinesdal]]. Sirdal is the largest municipality by area in [[Agder]]. Lakes in the region include [[Gravatnet]], [[Kulivatnet]], [[Kvifjorden]], [[Øyarvatnet]], [[Rosskreppfjorden]], [[Sirdalsvatnet]], and [[Valevatn]]. The mountain [[Urddalsknuten]] lies at the northern end of the municipality.

In 1990, the mountain road opened between the Sirdalen valley and the [[Setesdal]] valley over the [[Suleskard]] mountain pass. It connected Sirdal to [[Brokke]] in the neighboring municipality of [[Valle, Norway|Valle]] to the east. It shortened the distance from [[Oslo]] to [[Stavanger]] by {{convert|110|km}} in the summer, and the road passes through barren, [[glacier]]-scoured highland. As it passes by the [[Rosskreppfjorden]], it ascends to over {{convert|1000|m}} [[above sea level]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Welle-Strand |first=Erling |title=Adventure Roads in Norway |publisher=Nortrabooks |year=1996 |isbn=9788290103717}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box 
|metric first = yes
|single line  = yes
|location     = [[Tonstad]] 1961-90
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
|Jan mean C = -2.0
|Feb mean C = -2.2
|Mar mean C = 0.8
|Apr mean C = 4.4
|May mean C = 9.8
|Jun mean C = 13.4
|Jul mean C = 15.0
|Aug mean C = 14.4
|Sep mean C = 10.7
|Oct mean C = 6.9
|Nov mean C = 2.3
|Dec mean C = -1.3
|year mean C = 6.0
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
|precipitation colour = <!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, remove this line for blue colouring. -->
|Jan precipitation mm = 185
|Feb precipitation mm = 131
|Mar precipitation mm = 139
|Apr precipitation mm = 74
|May precipitation mm = 102
|Jun precipitation mm = 99
|Jul precipitation mm = 109
|Aug precipitation mm = 147
|Sep precipitation mm = 213
|Oct precipitation mm = 248
|Nov precipitation mm = 239
|Dec precipitation mm = 204
|year precipitation mm = 1890
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|source 1= Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=eKlima Web Portal |url=http://eklima.met.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614073527/http://eklima.met.no/ |archive-date=2004-06-14 |publisher=Norwegian Meteorological Institute}}</ref>
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