Storuman 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 ...
in
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 ...
. The lake is deep, has an area of and is above sea level.
The Ume River flows through the lake and has a maximum depth of . At the southeastern end is the town of Storuman.
The lake consists of two clearly distinguishable parts. The approximately long northwestern part is narrow and winding and is surrounded by high, steep mountainsides. Here the lake is up to deep with a simultaneous width of . The southeastern part is up to wide with almost continuous shorelines. In this area, there are flat surroundings and protruding sandy headlands.
In the southern part of the lake there is also the island of Luspholmen.
Geography
Lake Storuman is located in
Storuman Municipality
Storuman Municipality (; ; ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is located in Storuman.
The parish Stensele was created as late as 1822. It was, together with th ...
. Its depth is , its width is , and its length is . Storuman is a lake in the Swedish province of
Lapland,
Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County (), sometimes called Westrobothnia, is a county or '' län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the ...
The lake has an area of almost and is up to deep. The
Ume river
The Ume River (Swedish: ''Ume älv'' or ''Umeälven'') is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake ''Överuman'' by the Norway, Norwegian border within the Scand ...
flows through it.
Hydroelectric power
The lake is also a water reservoir for the hydroelectric power plants on this river, with a difference of up to .
Regions
The lake consists of two different regions. The long northwestern part is narrow and winding between steep mountain slopes up to high. The deepest parts up to , with a width of up to . The southeastern part is up to wide and has relatively flat banks and sandy peninsulas.
See also
*
List of largest lakes of Europe
This is a list of lakes of Europe with an average area greater than . Some smaller lakes may be missing from the list.
List
Reservoirs and smaller sub-basins that are already counted are not ranked.
See also
*List of lakes by area
References ...
References
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Lakes of Västerbotten County
Storuman Municipality