Gresvatnet
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or or is a lake on the border between Norway and Sweden. Most of the lake lies in Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county (Norway) and then a small portion crosses the border into Storuman Municipality in Västerbotten County (Sweden). The lake lies about east of the village of Korgen, and just a few kilometres northeast of the mountain Oksskolten and the Okstindbreen glacier. The lake is one of the upper reservoirs for the Bjerka Hydroelectric Power Station.
Key facts
- Body of water.image
- Gräsvattnet - KMB - 16001000039524.jpg
- Body of water.caption
- Grasvatnet and Oksskolten mountains in the background
- Body of water.alt
- Refer to caption
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- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 9
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- Interactive map of the lake
- Body of water.location
- Nordland, Norway and Västerbotten, Sweden
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Norway and Sweden
- Body of water.area
- ( in Norway)
- Body of water.reference
- NVE
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- reservoir
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Hemnes Municipality
- Area
- 26.57
- Image
- Gräsvattnet - KMB - 16001000039524.jpg
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- basin country
- Norway
- Commons category
- Grasvatnet
- native label
- Graesiejaevrie
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or or is a lake on the border between Norway and Sweden. Most of the lake lies in Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county (Norway) and then a small portion crosses the border into Storuman Municipality in Västerbotten County (Sweden). The lake lies about east of the village of Korgen, and just a few kilometres northeast of the mountain Oksskolten and the Okstindbreen glacier. The lake is one of the upper reservoirs for the Bjerka Hydroelectric Power Station.
==See also== List of lakes in Norway Geography of Norway
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gresvatnet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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