🌊 Røsvatnet

Norway · Europe · 383 m · 65.78°N, 14.01°E

Røsvatnet (Norwegian) or Reevhtse (Southern Sami) is a lake and reservoir in Hattfjelldal Municipality and Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of 219 square kilometres (85 sq mi) 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 square kilometres (73 sq mi) and the third largest lake in Norway. Its depth is 240 metres (790 ft), its volume is estimated at 15 cubic kilometres (3.6 cu mi), and its surface elevation is 374 metres (1,227 ft) above sea level.

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Quick facts

Country	Norway
Continent / region	Europe
Surface elevation	383 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	65.78°N, 14.01°E · view on map

Røsvatnet sits at 383 m in Norway, in Europe. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.