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Vänern

Also known as Wener, Lake Wener

Vänern ( , , ) is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country. With its surface located at above sea level and a maximum depth of , the lowest point of the Vänern basin is below sea level. The average depth is a more modest , which means that the lake floor is above sea level on average.

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Vänern is Sweden's largest lake and the third-largest in Europe, located in the southwestern provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland. It matters as a significant geographic and hydrological feature of Sweden, with notable dimensions that include a maximum depth well below sea level despite its surface being well above it.

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Body of water.name: Vänern
Body of water.image: Hällekis industrier sedda fr utsiktstornet på Kinnekulle 6116.jpg
Body of water.caption: View from Kinnekulle
Body of water.alt: Distant view of lake from Kinnekulle
Body of water.pushpin_map: Sweden
Body of water.pushpin_map_alt: Location of lake
Body of water.image_bathymetry: Lake Vänern details.png
Body of water.caption_bathymetry: Detail map of the lake with surroundings
Body of water.alt_bathymetry: Map of Värnen
Body of water.inflow: Klarälven
Body of water.outflow: Göta älv
Body of water.basin_countries: Sweden
Body of water.residence_time: 8 to 9 years
Body of water.islands: Brommö, Djurö, Fågelö, Hammarö, Kållandsö, Lurö (22,000 in total, including skerries)

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Wikidata facts

Area: 5650
Elevation: 44.4
Official website: www.vanern.se/engelsk/eng_index.asp
Image: Lake Vänern details.png
Width: 60
Length: 140
Perimeter: 1790

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Commons category: Vänern
Commons gallery: Vänern
volume as quantity: 153000000000
watershed area: 41182
residence time of water: 9
vertical depth: 106
native label: Vänern

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Vänern drains into Göta älv towards Gothenburg and the Kattegat opening strait between the Atlantic Ocean’s North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is the only one of the ten largest lakes in Sweden not to drain out to the eastern coastline. The Göta Canal built in the 19th century forms a waterway that runs to Vättern wholly rising when proceeding eastward, and then a navigable river linking the east coast with Vänern. The main inflow of water comes from Klarälven entering Vänern near Karlstad with its source in Trøndelag in Norway.