Drevvatnet
Lake in Vefsn, Norway
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| Location | Vefsn Municipality, 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 Vefsn Municipality 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.
Name
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
References
- ↑ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ↑ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Drevjedalen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-11-30.
