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Valldalsvatnet 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
Ullensvang Municipality Ullensvang is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre is the town of Odda. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Lofthus, Utne, Vikebygd, ...
in
Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
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 lake lies about northeast of the village of
Røldal Røldal is a village in the municipality of Ullensvang in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies in the Røldal valley along the Storelva river on the north end of the lake Røldalsvatnet. Røldal is located about southeast of the town of ...
. The lake has a
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 ...
at the southern end, and it is used to regulate the water level for purposes of
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generation. The lake was originally about long and surrounded by many dairy farms. Since the tall dam was built, the lake grew to about long. This lake and the neighboring lakes of Votna and
Røldalsvatnet Røldalsvatnet is a lake in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lake is located about south of the town of Odda. The village of Røldal is located at the northern tip of the lake and the village of Botnen is located at t ...
are all regulated together as part of the Røldal-Suldal watershed which feeds a nearby hydroelectric power station.


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List of lakes in Norway This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by Counties of Norway, county. For the geography and history of lakes in that country, see Lakes in Norway, including: *Lakes in Norway#Largest lakes, List of largest lakes in Norway *L ...


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Lakes of Vestland Ullensvang Reservoirs in Norway {{Vestland-geo-stub