Buresø
Sign in to saveBuresø is a lake located in a tunnel valley, immediately southeast of Slangerup, where Allerød, Frederikssund and Egedal municipalities meet. The tunnel valley, which was formed during the last ice age, runs in an east-west direction and can be followed along Mølleåen all the way to the Øresund coast. Between Buresø and the nearby Bastrup Sø there is a watershed. Buresø drains via Græse Å to the west to Roskilde Fjord, Bastrup Sø drains to the east to Mølleåen. Buresø and surroundings is part of Naturpark Mølleåen.
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- lake
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Frederikssund Municipality
- Area
- 75
- Elevation
- 27
- Image
- Buresø 001 - Lake in Zealand, Denmark.jpg
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Buresø is a lake located in a tunnel valley, immediately southeast of Slangerup, where Allerød, Frederikssund and Egedal municipalities meet. The tunnel valley, which was formed during the last ice age, runs in an east-west direction and can be followed along Mølleåen all the way to the Øresund coast. Between Buresø and the nearby Bastrup Sø there is a watershed. Buresø drains via Græse Å to the west to Roskilde Fjord, Bastrup Sø drains to the east to Mølleåen. Buresø and surroundings is part of Naturpark Mølleåen.
==Nature protection area== Parts of Buresø are located in the Mølleåen Nature Reserve while the north side borders the conservation Kedelsø-Langsødalen Søen is part of Natura 2000 area no. 139 Øvre Mølleådal, Furesø and Frederiksdal Skov.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buresø” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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