Røssvatnet
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| Røssvatnet Reevhtse |
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| Location | Hattfjelldal, Hemnes, Nordland |
| Coordinates | 65°46′34″N 14°01′57″E / 65.77611°N 14.0325°ECoordinates: 65°46′34″N 14°01′57″E / 65.77611°N 14.0325°E |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Surface area | 218.61 km² |
| Average depth | 67 m[1] |
| Max. depth | 240 m[1] (231 m before damming) |
| Water volume | 14.80 km³[1] (12.60 km³ before damming) |
| Shore length1 | 256.37 km |
| Surface elevation | 383 m (374 m before damming) |
| References | NVE, [1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Røssvatnet (Sami: Reevhtse) is a lake and reservoir in Norway in the county of Nordland, and has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of 219 km² makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area. Without the dam which has regulated the lake since 1957, it would be 190 km², or third. Its depth is 240 meters, its volume is estimated at about 15 km³ and its surface is 374 meters above sea level.
The lake is bordered by the municipalities of Hattfjelldal and Hemnes.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Seppälä, Matti (2005), The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia, Oxford University Press, p. 145, http://books.google.com/books?id=q33WekTp7tgC&pg=PA145
[edit] External links
- Archeological article (in Norwegian) (URL accessed 7 April 1983)
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