Tinnsjå
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Tinnsjå (also known as Tinnsjø or Tinnsjøen; ) is one of the largest lakes in Norway measuring about . At a depth of it is the third deepest lake in Norway and Europe. Tinnsjå is located in the municipalities of Tinn and Notodden in Telemark county. At its source in the west, the Måna river flows out of the lake Møsvatn and past the town of Rjukan into Tinnsjå. From the north, the river Mår flows from the lakes Mår, Gøystavatn, and Kalhovdfjorden into Tinnsjå. Tinnsjå is part of the Skien watershed, and it drains via the Tinnelva river in the south, down to the lake Heddalsvatn.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Tinnsjå
- Body of water.other_name
- Tinnsjø / Tinnsjøen
- Body of water.image
- Tinnsjo - Norway.jpg
- Body of water.caption
- View of the lake
- Body of water.image_bathymetry
- Mosvatn.PNG
- Body of water.caption_bathymetry
- Tinnsjå's primary sources are Måna and Mår
- 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
- Tinn Municipality,Telemark
- Body of water.type
- glacial fjord lake
- Body of water.inflow
- Måna, Austbygdåe, Digeråi, Gjuvåi, Gøyst, Mår, Raua, Rollagåe, Skirva and Urdalsåe
- Body of water.outflow
- Tinnelva
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Norway
- Body of water.islands
- Galten, Langøy and Vesleøy
- Body of water.reference
- Seppälä; NVE
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 36.100097
- Elevation
- 187.62
- Image
- Tinnsjo - Norway.jpg
- Length
- 95.47
- Perimeter
- 98.9
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- Tinnsjå
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- Tinnsjå
- watershed area
- 3768.91
- vertical depth
- 460
- volume as quantity
- 204.1
- residence time of water
- 2.897487
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Tinnsjå (also known as Tinnsjø or Tinnsjøen; ) is one of the largest lakes in Norway measuring about . At a depth of it is the third deepest lake in Norway and Europe. Tinnsjå is located in the municipalities of Tinn and Notodden in Telemark county. At its source in the west, the Måna river flows out of the lake Møsvatn and past the town of Rjukan into Tinnsjå. From the north, the river Mår flows from the lakes Mår, Gøystavatn, and Kalhovdfjorden into Tinnsjå. Tinnsjå is part of the Skien watershed, and it drains via the Tinnelva river in the south, down to the lake Heddalsvatn.
At the north end of the lake lie the villages of Atrå and Austbygdi. The village of Miland lies on the western shore of the lake. The village of Hovin lies up on a hill overlooking the eastern shore of the lake and the village of Rudsgrendi lies on the western shore. There is a small dam at the south end of the lake which regulates the surface elevation of the lake and the village of Tinnoset is located at this end of the lake. The village of Gransherad lies about south of this dam.
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