Vinjevatn
Sign in to saveVinjevatn is a lake in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The lake lies a short distance to the northwest of the village of Åmot. The village of Vinje lies at the north end of the lake. The main natural influx comes from the river Smørkleppåi, and the lake drains through the river Vinjeåi which meets the river Tokke at Åmot. The lake is part of the Skien watershed. The European route E134 highway runs along the northern shore of the lake.
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Vinjevatn, and connects out to Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Norway and Oslo.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Lakes of Telemark and Vinje.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Norway
- vertical depth
- 35.5
- watershed area
- 912.47
- volume as quantity
- 21.747
- residence time of water
- 0.017343
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Vinjevatn is a lake in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The lake lies a short distance to the northwest of the village of Åmot. The village of Vinje lies at the north end of the lake. The main natural influx comes from the river Smørkleppåi, and the lake drains through the river Vinjeåi which meets the river Tokke at Åmot. The lake is part of the Skien watershed. The European route E134 highway runs along the northern shore of the lake.
thumb|left|View of the lake (c. 1948) The lake Vinjevatn has a dam at the southeastern end of the lake. The dam regulates the surface elevation of the lake for hydroelectric power plants nearby. The lake also receives water from the larger lake Totak to the north and it is used as a reservoir for the Vinje Hydroelectric Power Station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinjevatn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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