or 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 ...

Røyrvik Municipality or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Røyrvik (village), village of ...

and

Lierne Municipality Lierne is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region, and it is the largest municipality by area in Trøndelag. The administrative cent ...

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 ...

. It is the eighth-largest lake in the country. The lake lies above sea level; and has an area of about . At the deepest point, it is deep and averages about deep. The lake has a volume of about and is located just north of the large lake

Tunnsjøen or is a lake in Røyrvik Municipality and Lierne Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies just south of the large lake Limingen, and just west of the border with Sweden. It is above sea level and has a volume of . The deepest ...

. The border with

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

lies about east of the lake. The lake level is regulated by

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 ...

s. The Røyrvikelva river flows into the north end of Limingen from the lake Vektaren, through a dam. The water flows out through a tunnel to Røyrvikfoss Power Station, at the village of

Røyrvik Røyrvik may refer to: Places *Røyrvik Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Røyrvik (village), a village in Røyrvik Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Røyrvik Church, a church in Røyrvik Municipality in Trøndel ...

. At the south end, near the village of Limingen in

, the water flows out of the tunnel to the

via the Tunnsjø Power Station, as well as to Linvasselv Power Station on the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

side. The water level varies by up to about in level.

References

Lakes of Trøndelag Lierne Røyrvik Reservoirs in Norway {{Trøndelag-lake-stub