Storsjøen (Rendalen)
Storsjøen (or Storsjø) is the ninth-deepest lake in Norway at 309 metres (1,014 ft) in depth. The 47.55-square-kilometre (18.36 sq mi) lake lies in Rendalen and Åmot municipalities which are in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is 35 kilometres (22 mi) long, but only 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) wide at its broadest point. The lake lies 251 metres (823 ft) above sea level, has an area of 51 square kilometres (20 sq mi), and a volume of 7.07 cubic kilometres (5,730,000 acre⋅ft).[2][3]
| Storsjø | |
|---|---|
 View of the south side of the lake | |
  Storsjø Location of the lake  Storsjø Storsjø (Norway) | |
| Location | Åmot and Rendalen, Innlandet |
| Coordinates | 61°27′08″N 11°18′35″E |
| Primary inflows | Lomnessjøen, Renaelva |
| Primary outflows | Renaelva |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 35 kilometres (22 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 47.55 km2 (18.36 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 139 metres (456 ft) |
| Max. depth | 309 metres (1,014 ft) |
| Water volume | 7.07 cubic kilometres (5,730,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Shore length1 | 75.11 kilometres (46.67 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 259 metres (850 ft) |
| References | The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia,[1] NVE |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Historically, the lake was used for floating timber downstream from the forests where it was cut to the downstream mills were it would be cut and sold.
See also
References
- Seppälä, Matti (2005), The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia, Oxford University Press, p. 145, ISBN 978-0-19-924590-1
- "NVE Innsjødatabase". Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- Olsen Haugen, Morten, ed. (2022-01-25). "Storsjøen (Rendalen)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
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