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Åraksfjorden is a lake in the municipality of Bygland in Agder county, Norway. The lake is part of the Otra drainage basin. The northern part of the lake is fed directly by the river Otra. The southern part of the lake goes through a narrow channel which leads into the Byglandsfjorden. The villages of Frøysnes and Skåmedal are located along the western side of the lake and on the eastern side are the villages of Sandnes and Åraksbø. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs along the eastern side of the lake.

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Instance of
lake
Country
Norway
Located in
Bygland
Area
11.452373
Elevation
203
Image
Åraksbø2.jpg
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inflows
Otra
basin country
Norway
Commons category
Åraksfjorden
outflows
Otra
watershed area
2459.77
vertical depth
89
volume as quantity
426
residence time of water
0.129434
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Åraksfjorden is a lake in the municipality of Bygland in Agder county, Norway. The lake is part of the Otra drainage basin. The northern part of the lake is fed directly by the river Otra. The southern part of the lake goes through a narrow channel which leads into the Byglandsfjorden. The villages of Frøysnes and Skåmedal are located along the western side of the lake and on the eastern side are the villages of Sandnes and Åraksbø. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs along the eastern side of the lake.

The name of the long lake was given because it is located near the village of Åraksbø. The central part of the lake is also called the Sandnesfjord and the southern part is also called the Blåfjord.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Åraksfjorden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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