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Ranseren

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Max. length
  
5 kilometres (3.1 mi)

References
  
NVE

Area
  
2.75 km²

Width
  
1 km

Basin countries
  
Max. width
  
1 kilometre (0.62 mi)

Surface elevation
  
803 m

Length
  
5 km

Shore length
  
17.28 km

Location
  
Hattfjelldal, Nordland; Vilhelmina, Lapland

Surface area
  
2.75 km or 1.06 sq mi (1.83 km or 0.71 sq mi in Norway)

Reference
  
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

Ranseren (Southern Sami: Raentsere, bijjie) is a lake on the border between Norway and Sweden. The Norwegian side lies in Hattfjelldal municipality in Nordland county (and it is inside Børgefjell National Park). The Swedish side of the lake is called Bije Ransaren, which means "the upper Ransaren" and this part lies in Vilhelmina in Lapland.

Map of Ranseren

South of the Swedish Bije Ransaren, about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the border, you can find a small Sami house that was used as home for the Samis during reindeer marking season. The brook that flows from Bije Ransaren on the east side is called Saxån and leads to the big lake, Ransaren in Vilhelmina, Sweden. Bije Ransaren is called the upper Ransaren because of this bigger lower Ransaren. To visit the Norwegian Ranseren or the Swedish Bije Ransaren you have to walk about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Stekenjokk in Vilhelmina, Sweden.

References

Ranseren Wikipedia


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