Kviteseidvatn

Kviteseidvatnet
Kviteseidvatnet
Kviteseidvatn
	Kviteseidvatnet Location of the lake Kviteseidvatnet Kviteseidvatnet (Norway)
Location	Kviteseid Municipality,; Telemark
Coordinates	59°22′55″N 08°27′53″E / 59.38194°N 8.46472°E
Type	glacial lake
Primary inflows	Bandak lake
Primary outflows	Flåvatn lake
Catchment area	2,983.51 km2 (1,151.94 sq mi)
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width	2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Surface area	15.76 km2 (6.08 sq mi)
Average depth	93 m (305 ft)
Max. depth	201 m (659 ft)
Water volume	1.47 km3 (0.35 cu mi)
Shore length1	26.9 km (16.7 mi)
Surface elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Islands	Bukkøy
References	NVE
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kviteseidvatn or Kviteseidvatnet^[2] is a lake in the municipality of Kviteseid in 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]

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.

References

^ "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ 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.
^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (20 January 2023). "Kviteseidvatnet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 August 2023.