Valevatn is a lake in the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. The 6.97-square-kilometre (2.69 sq mi) lake lies just north of the lake Gravatnet and a short distance west of the village of Kvæven. There are two dams on the east side of the L-shaped lake. The lake drains into the lake Gravatnet and the river Sira which runs just east of the lake.
Valevatn | |
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Location | Sirdal, Agder |
Coordinates | 58°55′31″N 06°47′25″E / 58.92528°N 6.79028°E |
Basin countries | Norway |
Max. length | 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) |
Max. width | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
Surface area | 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 46.73 kilometres (29.04 mi) |
Surface elevation | 660 metres (2,170 ft)[1] |
References | NVE |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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edit- ^ "Valevatn, Sirdal (Vest-Agder)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-08-14.