Litle Sokumvatnet

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Litle Sokumvatnet
Litle Sokumvatnet (Norway)
Location Gildeskål and Beiarn, Nordland
Coordinates 66°57′37″N14°15′57″E / 66.9602°N 14.2659°E / 66.9602; 14.2659 Coordinates: 66°57′37″N14°15′57″E / 66.9602°N 14.2659°E / 66.9602; 14.2659
Basin  countries Norway
Max. length4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Max. width1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi)
Surface area4.53 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Shore length122.73 kilometres (14.12 mi)
Surface elevation649 metres (2,129 ft)
References NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Litle Sokumvatnet is a lake that lies in Gildeskål Municipality (with a very small portion crossing into neighboring Beiarn Municipality) in Nordland county, Norway. Litle Sokumvatnet lies directly northeast of the larger lake Sokumvatnet. [1] The lake serves as a reservoir for the Forså Hydroelectric Power Station. [2]

Lake A body of relatively still water, in a basin surrounded by land

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are also larger and deeper than ponds, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which are usually flowing. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams.

Nordland County (fylke) of Norway

Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

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References

  1. "Litle Sokumvatnet" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  2. SKS produksjon: Forså. Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine