Limavatnet
Sign in to saveLimavatnet is a lake in the municipality of Gjesdal in Rogaland county, Norway. The lake lies between the villages of Ålgård and Gjesdal. On the western end of the lake, the European route E39 highway crosses the lake on the Vaula Bridge. The lake Edlandsvatnet lies immediately to the west of the bridge. The hydronym Lima, belonging to the lake, adjacent settlements, and associated surname, is, according to Oddvar Nes, likely derived from the Indo-European root "lei-", which means "wet, calm water".
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- lake
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Gjesdal Municipality
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Limavatnet is a lake in the municipality of Gjesdal in Rogaland county, Norway. The lake lies between the villages of Ålgård and Gjesdal. On the western end of the lake, the European route E39 highway crosses the lake on the Vaula Bridge. The lake Edlandsvatnet lies immediately to the west of the bridge. The hydronym Lima, belonging to the lake, adjacent settlements, and associated surname, is, according to Oddvar Nes, likely derived from the Indo-European root "lei-", which means "wet, calm water".
==See also== List of lakes in Norway
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limavatnet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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