Storsjøen (or Storsjø) is the ninth-deepest lake in Norway at 309 metres (1,014 ft) in depth. The 48.09-square-kilometre (18.57 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 252 metres (827 ft) above sea level, has an area of 48.09 square kilometres (18.57 sq mi), and a volume of 6.69 km3 (1.61 cu mi).[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 / 61.45222°N 11.30972°E |
| Type | fault lake |
| Primary inflows | Flena, Glesåa, Mistra from Lomnessjøen, Møra and Renaelva |
| Primary outflows | Renaelva |
| Catchment area | 2,293.18 km2 (885.40 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 35 km (22 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.7 km (1.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 48.09 km2 (18.57 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Max. depth | 309 m (1,014 ft) |
| Water volume | 6.684 km3 (1.604 cu mi) |
| Shore length1 | 75.11 km (46.67 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 248–252 m (814–827 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.