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Møsvatn

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Also known as Møsvann

Møsvatn or Møsvann is a lake in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is the tenth-largest lake in Norway with a surface area of and a volume of . The lake lies just east of the Hardangervidda National Park, in Skien watershed (Skiensvassdrag) catchment area. The lake discharges into the Måna river at a dam located on the Vinje-Tinn municipal border (so a very small part of the lake crosses into Tinn Municipality too). The lake has an irregular shape with three arms. The longest length across the lake is about . Møsvatn is a shallow mountain lake by Norwegian standards, reaching a

Key facts

Body of water.name
Møsvatn
Body of water.other_name
Møsvann
Body of water.image
Storfjorden på Møsvatn.jpg
Body of water.caption
Storfjorden on Møsvatn in direction west
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Mosvatn.PNG
Body of water.pushpin_map
Telemark#Norway
Body of water.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Body of water.pushpin_map_caption
Location of the lake
Body of water.location
Vinje Municipality,Telemark
Body of water.inflow
Kvenna river
Body of water.outflow
Måna river
Body of water.basin_countries
Norway
Body of water.reference
NVE

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
reservoir
Country
Norway
Located in
Vinje
Area
73.559202
Elevation
918.5
Image
Storfjorden på Møsvatn.jpg
Perimeter
206.62
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Commons category
Møsvatn
basin country
Norway
watershed area
1504.2
drainage basin
Skien watershed
vertical depth
68.5
outflows
Måna
residence time of water
1.000309
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Encyclopedic overview

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Møsvatn or Møsvann is a lake in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is the tenth-largest lake in Norway with a surface area of and a volume of . The lake lies just east of the Hardangervidda National Park, in Skien watershed (Skiensvassdrag) catchment area. The lake discharges into the Måna river at a dam located on the Vinje-Tinn municipal border (so a very small part of the lake crosses into Tinn Municipality too). The lake has an irregular shape with three arms. The longest length across the lake is about . Møsvatn is a shallow mountain lake by Norwegian standards, reaching a maximum depth of .

From 1904 to 1906 dam was constructed and the lake was filled to begin hydroelectric power production. The lake's surface now sits at an elevation of about above sea level with the dam on the southeast end of the lake regulating the water level. Møsvatn is Norway's fourth largest hydroelectric power reservoir with an energy content corresponding to approximately .

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

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