Farris

Farris is a lake on the border of Telemark and Vestfold counties in Norway. The long freshwater moraine-dammed lake is located mostly in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold, but the northwestern part of the lake is located in Siljan Municipality and Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark. The large town of Larvik is located at the southern end of the lake.

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Body of water.name: Farris
Body of water.image: Farrisvannet2.jpg
Body of water.caption: View of the lake from the Gopledal vannverk
Body of water.pushpin_map: Norway Telemark#Norway Vestfold#Norway
Body of water.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Body of water.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the lake
Body of water.location: Telemark and Vestfold
Body of water.type: Moraine-dammed lake
Body of water.basin_countries: Norway
Body of water.islands: Bjørnøya
Body of water.reference: NVE

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Area: 0.818498
Elevation: 23
Image: Farrisvannet2.jpg

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Commons category: Farris
watershed area: 490.84
vertical depth: 120

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The lake would have been part of the saltwater Larviksfjorden, had it not been dammed by an end moraine left by the latest ice age. That moraine is about wide, separating the lake from the sea. There is a short river that runs through the moraine which drains the lake into the fjord. The lake Farris is a drinking water reservoir for about 170,000 people in the region.