Kviteseidvatn

Kviteseidvatn or Kviteseidvatnet[2] is a lake in the municipality of Kviteseid in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The 15.76-square-kilometre (6.08 sq mi) lake is part of the Telemark Canal and lies in the Skien watershed. The lake's water level was first regulated in 1892.[3]

Kviteseidvatnet
Kviteseidvatn
Kviteseidvatnet is located in Vestfold og Telemark
Kviteseidvatnet
Kviteseidvatnet
Location of the lake
Kviteseidvatnet is located in Norway
Kviteseidvatnet
Kviteseidvatnet
Kviteseidvatnet (Norway)
LocationKviteseid Municipality,
Vestfold og Telemark
Coordinates59°22′55″N 08°27′53″E
Typeglacial lake
Primary inflowsBandak lake
Primary outflowsFlåvatn lake
Catchment area2,983.51 km2 (1,151.94 sq mi)
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Surface area15.76 km2 (6.08 sq mi)
Average depth93 m (305 ft)
Max. depth201 m (659 ft)
Water volume1.47 km3 (0.35 cu mi)
Shore length126.9 km (16.7 mi)
Surface elevation72 m (236 ft)
IslandsBukkøy
ReferencesNVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kviteseidvatn's inlet is via a stream called Strauman from the lake Bandak, and it discharges via a different stream named Straumen into the lake Flåvatn.

The Norwegian National Road 41 runs along the western end of the lake. The Old Kviteseid Church is located at the southwestern end of the lake.

See also

References

  1. "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. The suffix "-et" is a form of the Norwegian language definite article and means "the". Hence Kviteseidvatnet is equivalent to "the Kviteseidvatn." Both forms can be found in English language text.
  3. Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (20 January 2023). "Kviteseidvatnet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 August 2023.


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