Drevvatnet
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Lake in Vefsn, Norway
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| Location | Vefsn, Nordland |
| Coordinates | 66°03′18″N 13°23′24″E / 66.0549°N 13.3901°E / 66.0549; 13.3901 |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 4.93 km2 (1.90 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 11.74 kilometres (7.29 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 48 metres (157 ft) |
| References | NVE |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Drevvatnet is a lake that lies in the municipality of Vefsn in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Drevvassbygda lies at the northeastern end of the 4.93-square-kilometre (1.90 sq mi) lake, in the Drevjedalen valley. The Nordland Line railway follows the southern coast of the lake.[1]
Name[edit]
The first element is the name of the river Drevja and the last element is the finite form of vatn which means "lake".
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Drevjedalen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-11-30.
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