Storsjøen (Rendalen)

For the lake in Nord-Odal, see Storsjø (Nord-Odal).

Storsjøen (or Storsjø) is the ninth-deepest lake in Norway at 309 metres (1,014 ft) in depth. The 48.09-square-kilometre (18.57 sq mi) lake lies in Rendalen and Åmot municipalities which are in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is 35 kilometres (22 mi) long, but only 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) wide at its broadest point. The lake lies 252 metres (827 ft) above sea level, has an area of 48.09 square kilometres (18.57 sq mi), and a volume of 6.69 km³ (1.61 cu mi).^[2][3]

Storsjø
View of the south side of the lake
Storsjø Location of the lake Show map of Innlandet Storsjø Storsjø (Norway) Show map of Norway
Location	Åmot and Rendalen, Innlandet
Coordinates	61°27′08″N 11°18′35″E
Type	fault lake
Primary inflows	Flena, Glesåa, Mistra from Lomnessjøen, Møra and Renaelva
Primary outflows	Renaelva
Catchment area	2,293.18 km2 (885.40 sq mi)
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	35 km (22 mi)
Max. width	1.7 km (1.1 mi)
Surface area	48.09 km2 (18.57 sq mi)
Average depth	139 m (456 ft)
Max. depth	309 m (1,014 ft)
Water volume	6.684 km3 (1.604 cu mi)
Shore length1	75.11 km (46.67 mi)
Surface elevation	248–252 m (814–827 ft)
References	The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia,[1] NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Historically, the lake was used for floating timber downstream from the forests where it was cut to the downstream mills were it would be cut and sold.

See also

• List of lakes in Norway

References

1. Seppälä, Matti (2005), The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia, Oxford University Press, p. 145, ISBN 978-0-19-924590-1
2. "NVE Innsjødatabase". Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
3. Olsen Haugen, Morten, ed. (2022-01-25). "Storsjøen (Rendalen)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2022-02-18.