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Nisser is a lake in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in Nissedal and Kviteseid municipalities, and is Telemark's largest lake. The lake is the 10th-largest lake in the nation by area with a surface area of (when artificial lakes are excluded). The 8th largest by volume at . The 16th deepest at . Nisser has the greatest average depth of the Norwegian lakes that is not a cryptodepression. Its entire lakebasin is above sealevel. As part of the Arendal watershed, water enters this lake from the discharge from the nearby lake Vråvatn, and its outlet is the Nisserelva river which later becomes

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Body of water.name
Nisser
Body of water.other_name
Nisservatnet
Body of water.image
Norway Telemarksvegen.jpg
Body of water.caption
Along the shore of Nisser
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
Nissedal Municipality,Telemark
Body of water.type
glacier lake
Body of water.inflow
Borstadåi, Frostdøl, Horgevikåi, Håtveitåi, Lindefjellåi, Nordbøåna and Roholdtåi (Straumen)
Body of water.outflow
Nisserelva
Body of water.basin_countries
Norway
Body of water.islands
Trontveitøya
Body of water.reference
NVE

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Wikidata facts

Area
62.984929
Elevation
246.76
Image
Nisser.jpg
Length
35
Perimeter
182.5
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Commons category
Nisser
watershed area
1078.23
vertical depth
234
volume as quantity
7185
residence time of water
7.933247
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Nisser is a lake in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in Nissedal and Kviteseid municipalities, and is Telemark's largest lake. The lake is the 10th-largest lake in the nation by area with a surface area of (when artificial lakes are excluded). The 8th largest by volume at . The 16th deepest at . Nisser has the greatest average depth of the Norwegian lakes that is not a cryptodepression. Its entire lakebasin is above sealevel. As part of the Arendal watershed, water enters this lake from the discharge from the nearby lake Vråvatn, and its outlet is the Nisserelva river which later becomes part of the river Nidelva.

Fish species in the lake include the Brown trout, European whitefish, European perch, Stickleback, and Arctic char.

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