Editing Modalen (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Foss og naust kopiera.jpg|thumb|right|View of the Kvernhusfossen waterfall]]
Modalen municipality sits in the central part of [[Vestland]] county. It surrounds the innermost part of the [[Romarheimsfjorden]] (which is also called the Mofjorden) and the Modalen valley which extends eastwards from the end of the fjord. Both sides of the valley are mountainous, so the municipality is quite isolated with only two roads connecting it to the outside world. Both roads were constructed fairly recently, before that time, the municipality was only accessible by boat or crossing mountains on foot. The [[Modalen Tunnel]] was built in 1976 and it connects this valley to the [[Eksingedalen]] valley to the south. The other road was finished in 1996, and it follows the fjord heading west to Lindås.

The Modalen valley centers around the river Moelva. The lake [[Steinslandsvatnet]], in the central part of the municipality, is the headwaters of the river. The high mountains that surround the valley provide many sources of [[hydroelectric power]] such as the lake [[Skjerjavatnet]].

Modalen borders the municipality of [[Høyanger]] to the north and the municipality of [[Vik, Sogn|Vik]] to the east, [[Vaksdal]] to the south, and [[Alver, Norway|Alver]] and [[Masfjorden]] to the west.