List of lakes of Sweden

The list of lakes of Sweden contains the major lakes in the nation of Sweden. However, Sweden has 22,600 lakes larger than 0.1 km² (100,000 m²) and over 97,500 lakes larger than 2 acres (8,100 m2), so the list is far from comprehensive.[1][2] Using 0.1km² surface area as the measuring limit, Sweden place fifth on Countries with most lakes in the world. The great number of lakes in southern Sweden could according to Alfred Gabriel Nathorst be indebted to the creation of basins due to the stripping of an irregular mantle of weathered rock by glacier erosion.[3]

Alphabetical list

Some of the major lakes in Sweden:

Largest lakes by area

Lakes of Sweden by area[4]
Rank Lake Area
1 Vänern 5,519 km2 (2,131 sq mi)
2 Vättern 1,886 km2 (728 sq mi)
3 Mälaren 1,090 km2 (420 sq mi)
4 Hjälmaren 477 km2 (184 sq mi)
5 Storsjön 456 km2 (176 sq mi)
6 Torneträsk 330 km2 (130 sq mi)
7 Siljan 292 km2 (113 sq mi)
8 Hornavan** 262 km2 (101 sq mi)
9 Akkajaure 260 km2 (100 sq mi)
10 Uddjaure 249 km2 (96 sq mi)

Deepest lakes

Subject to geological variations

  1. Hornavan - 228 m (748 ft)
  2. Torneträsk - 168 m (551 ft)
  3. Vojmsjön - 145 m (476 ft)
  4. Stor-Blåsjön - 144 m (472 ft)
  5. Stor-Rensjön - 140 m (460 ft)
  6. Virihaure - 138 m (453 ft)
  7. Kallsjön - 134 m (440 ft)
  8. Vastenjaure - 134 m (440 ft)
  9. Siljan - 134 m (440 ft)
  10. Kultsjön - 130 m (430 ft)

Largest lakes by volume

Lakes with the most water:

  1. Vänern - 153 km3 (37 cu mi)
  2. Vättern - 77.6 km3 (18.6 cu mi)
  3. Torneträsk - 17.1 km3 (4.1 cu mi)
  4. Mälaren - 14.3 km3 (3.4 cu mi)
  5. Hornavan - 11.9 km3 (2.9 cu mi)
  6. Siljan - 8.09 km3 (1.94 cu mi)
  7. Storsjön - 8.02 km3 (1.92 cu mi)
  8. Kallsjön - 6.14 km3 (1.47 cu mi)
  9. Akkajaure - 5.9 km3 (1.4 cu mi)
  10. Virihaure - 4.43 km3 (1.06 cu mi)
  11. Storuman - 4.18 km3 (1.00 cu mi)

Water life

  • In lakes and rivers, there are a total of 52 species of fresh water fish; but several of them are rare.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Lakes, Streams and Rivers" Smorgasbord, 2007, webpage (English language): SverigeTur-lakes Archived 2007-11-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Which Country Has The Most Lakes In The World?". WorldAtlas. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  3. ^ Lidmar-Bergström, K.; Olsson, S.; Roaldset, E. (1999). "Relief features and palaeoweathering remnants in formerly glaciated Scandinavian basement areas". In Thiry, Médard; Simon-Coinçon, Régine (eds.). Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits. Special publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists. Vol. 27. Blackwell Science Ltd. pp. 275–301. ISBN 0-632 -05311-9.
  4. ^ Statistisk årsbok 2012 Statistiska Centralbyrån.

References

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