Botnedalsvatn
Sign in to saveBotnedalsvatn is a lake in Tokke Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The lake is located in the Botnedalen valley, about to the northwest of the village of Dalen. Botnedalsvatn has a dam on the southeast end of the lake which regulates the surface elevation of the lake. The lake is used as a reservoir for the nearby Byrte Hydroelectric Power Station. Water flows from this lake through a tunnel into the power plant which is located at the southern end of the nearby lake Byrtevatn.
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- Instance of
- reservoir
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Tokke Municipality
- Area
- 3.121117
- Elevation
- 740
- Perimeter
- 11.79
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- basin country
- Norway
- vertical depth
- 12
- watershed area
- 79.54
- volume as quantity
- 1.66
- residence time of water
- 0.014909
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Botnedalsvatn is a lake in Tokke Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The lake is located in the Botnedalen valley, about to the northwest of the village of Dalen. Botnedalsvatn has a dam on the southeast end of the lake which regulates the surface elevation of the lake. The lake is used as a reservoir for the nearby Byrte Hydroelectric Power Station. Water flows from this lake through a tunnel into the power plant which is located at the southern end of the nearby lake Byrtevatn.
==See also== List of lakes of Norway
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