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Våvatnet

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Primary outflows
  
Sagelva

Max. length
  
3 kilometres (1.9 mi)

Surface area
  
5.04 km (1.95 sq mi)

Area
  
5.04 km²

Width
  
5 km

Year built
  
1910

Basin countries
  
Norway

Max. width
  
5 kilometres (3.1 mi)

Surface elevation
  
300 m

Length
  
3 km

Shore length
  
20 m

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Location
  
Snillfjord and Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag county

Reference
  
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

Våvatnet is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Snillfjord and Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake was dammed in 1910 and is used as the main reservoir for the municipality of Orkdal. The water flows into the lake Songsjøen and then into the lake Gagnåsvatnet.

Map of V%C3%A5vatnet, Norway

The lake is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of Krokstadøra and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Ytre Snillfjord, both in Snillfjord, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Gjølme in Orkdal.

References

Våvatnet Wikipedia