Aursjøen

For the lake in Skjåk municipality, see Aursjoen.

Aursjøen is a lake in Norway on the border between Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county and Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The 36.38-square-kilometre (14.05 sq mi) lake sits at an elevation of 856 metres (2,808 ft) above sea level and is about 70.67 kilometres (43.91 mi) around.

Aursjøen
View of the Aursjøen lake
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Location	Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet, Norway
Coordinates	62.3622°N 8.6285°E / 62.3622; 8.6285
Type	partly reservoir and partly natural freshwater lake
Primary outflows	Aura River
Basin countries	Norway
Built	1953
Max. length	23 km (14 mi)
Max. width	2 km (1.2 mi)
Surface area	36.38 km2 (14.05 sq mi)
Shore length1	70.67 km (43.91 mi)
Surface elevation	856 m (2,808 ft)
Islands	numerous islets
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The lake was dammed up in 1953 to provide water for the Aura power station. It flooded together with the nearby lake Gautsjøen. The water in lake Aursjøen flows out to the river Aura which flows through the Eikesdalen valley and eventually to the lake Eikesdalsvatnet.^[1]

See also

• List of lakes in Norway

References

1. Store norske leksikon. "Aursjøen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-10-31.