| Heggmovatnet | |
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 Interactive map of the lake | |
| Location | Bodø Municipality, Nordland |
| Coordinates | 67°22′44″N 14°58′00″E / 67.3790°N 14.9668°E |
| Primary outflows | Heggmoelva |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) |
| Surface area | 9.38 km2 (3.62 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 22.42 kilometres (13.93 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 131 metres (430 ft) |
| References | NVE[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Heggmovatnet[2] is a lake that lies in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 9.38-square-kilometre (3.62 sq mi) lake is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village of Løding. The lake is regulated and it is the main water source for the town of Bodø.[3] The water flows out of the lake into the river Heggmoelva, which then flows into the lake Vatnvatnet.[4] Sjunkhatten National Park surrounds the lake.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "Bodø hovedvannverk" (in Norwegian). Bodø kommune. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Heggmoelva" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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