Edlandsvatnet

Edlandsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Gjesdal in Rogaland county, Norway.[1] The 2.11-square-kilometre (0.81 sq mi) lake lies just south of the large village of Ålgård, immediately southwest of the lake Limavatnet. The European route E39 highway runs along the northern shore of the lake. The lake empties into the river Figgjoelva on the northwestern end of the lake.[2] The lake has many brown trout in it.

Edlandsvatnet
Edlandsvatnet
Location of the lake
Edlandsvatnet
Edlandsvatnet (Norway)
LocationGjesdal, Rogaland
Coordinates58.7609°N 5.8734°E / 58.7609; 5.8734
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi)
Max. width1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi)
Surface area2.11 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Surface elevation104 metres (341 ft)
ReferencesNVE

See also

  • List of lakes in Norway

References

  1. "Edlandsvatnet, Gjesdal (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  2. "Search Limavatnet > Vassdrag > Innsjodatabase > Details" (in Norwegian). NVE Atlas. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.


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