Aursunden is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

Røros Municipality ( Norwegian) or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Some of the villages in Røros include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen. The municip ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The village of

Brekken or (or less commonly: ''Brekkebygd'' or ''Brekka'') is a mountain village in the Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the lake Aursunden, just about west of the border with Sweden and ...

lies along the eastern shore and the village of

Glåmos or is a mountain village in Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Glåma, just west of the lake Aursunden, and about north of the town of Røros. It is the location of the Glåmos Church ...

lies along the western shore. There are several inflows to the lake including the lakes Rien,

Riasten Riasten is a lake in Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies near the municipal border with the neighboring Tydal Municipality and Røros Municipality, about east of the village of Renbygda. The lake lies about west ...

, and

Bolagen Bolagen () is a lake in Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake is located about southeast of the village of Brekken and about west of the border with Sweden. The large lake Aursunden lies about to the west of Bolagen. See ...

. The outflow is regulated by a

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dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aqua ...

through which water passes into the river

Glomma The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country. Geography At its fullest length, the river r ...

. The lake is about long and about wide. The deepest part of the lake reaches a depth of . Aursunden is often cited as the source of the river

, the longest and largest river in

. The actual headwaters are near Aursunden near the start of the Glommadal valley. The locals claim that the headwater of the Glomma river is Mustjønna, a tiny lake about north of Aursunden.

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{{authority control Lakes of Trøndelag Røros Reservoirs in Norway

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