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Totak is a lake in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The lake is located in the Rauland area, about to the north of the village of Åmot. The lake is part of the Skien river watershed (Skiensvassdraget), discharging via the river Tokke which flows into the lake Bandak to the south. At deep, Totak is the 11th deepest lake in Norway. This tremendous overdeepening marks it as a glacially formed lake with characteristics similar to a fjord. Its volume of makes it the 24th largest by volume as well. Totak is Norway's deepest lake that is not a cryptodepression. The lake's basin is well

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Body of water.name
Totak
Body of water.image
P1000737Totak.JPG
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.type
glacier / mountain lake
Body of water.inflow
Bitu, Gravdøla, Kvikkeåi, Songa river (from Songavatnet), Tansåi and Vååi
Body of water.outflow
Tokke river (to Bandak)
Body of water.basin_countries
Norway
Body of water.reference
NVE

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Area
37.264218
Elevation
687
Image
P1000737Totak.JPG
Perimeter
70.48
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watershed area
863
Commons category
Totak
vertical depth
306
volume as quantity
2360
residence time of water
2.368317
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Totak is a lake in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The lake is located in the Rauland area, about to the north of the village of Åmot. The lake is part of the Skien river watershed (Skiensvassdraget), discharging via the river Tokke which flows into the lake Bandak to the south. At deep, Totak is the 11th deepest lake in Norway. This tremendous overdeepening marks it as a glacially formed lake with characteristics similar to a fjord. Its volume of makes it the 24th largest by volume as well. Totak is Norway's deepest lake that is not a cryptodepression. The lake's basin is well over sealevel. The lake is a reservoir that holds water for the Tokke Hydroelectric Power Station.

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