Lomnessjøen

Lomnessjøen is a lake in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The villages Åkre and Otnes are located on the shores of the lake. The lake is part of the Renaelva river system. The Renaelva river flows into the lake from the north. The south end of the river drains into the larger lake Storsjøen which is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the south of this lake.^[1]

Lomnessjøen
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Location	Rendalen, Innlandet
Coordinates	61°46′10″N 11°10′33″E
Primary inflows	Renaelva
Primary outflows	Storsjøen, Renaelva
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
Max. width	1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
Surface area	3.68 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Shore length1	13.93 kilometres (8.66 mi)
Surface elevation	256 metres (840 ft)
References	NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

From 1946-1953, the southern outlet of the lake was modified to lower the water level of the lake by about 2 feet (0.61 m) with the purpose of increasing the amount of arable land surrounding the lake and river upstream.^[2][3]

See also

• List of lakes in Norway

References

1. "NVE Innsjødatabase". Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
2. Aasgaard, I (August 1955). "Rendalssenkingen" (PDF). Fossekallen Meddelsblad (in Norwegian). No. 4. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
3. "Rendalssenkningen betyr en ny provins til landet lagt". Østlendingen (in Norwegian). No. 191. Elverum. 1940-10-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-02-18.