Bolmen
Sign in to saveBolmen () is a lake in Småland, Sweden. Covering 184 km2, and with a maximum depth of 37 m, it supplies a considerable part of Skåne with fresh water by means of an 82-km long tunnel, the Bolmen Water Tunnel, built during the 1970s and 80s. Bolmen is situated at the heart of Finnveden, one of the small lands of today's Småland.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Bolmen
- Body of water.image
- Bolmen in Piksborg.JPG
- Body of water.image_size
- 250
- Body of water.alt
- View of lake
- Body of water.location
- Småland
- Body of water.outflow
- Storån, Bolmen Water Tunnel
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Sweden
- Body of water.pushpin_map_alt
- Location of lake
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Sweden
- Body of water.cities
- Bolmsö
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Gislaved Municipality
- Area
- 173.122726982
- Elevation
- 141
- Image
- Bolmen, sunnaryd.JPG
- Width
- 12
- Length
- 35
- Perimeter
- 334
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Bolmen () is a lake in Småland, Sweden. Covering 184 km2, and with a maximum depth of 37 m, it supplies a considerable part of Skåne with fresh water by means of an 82-km long tunnel, the Bolmen Water Tunnel, built during the 1970s and 80s. Bolmen is situated at the heart of Finnveden, one of the small lands of today's Småland.
It is the second largest lake in Småland, after Vättern. It is the tenth largest lake in Sweden.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bolmen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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