Hjälmaren

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Hjälmaren
Örebro Hemfjärden.jpg
Hemfjärden
Geographical location Sweden
Tributaries Svartån
Drain Eskilstunaån
Places on the shore Örebro
Location close to the shore Eskilstuna , Arboga
Data
Coordinates 59 ° 14 ′  N , 15 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 14 ′  N , 15 ° 48 ′  E
Hjälmaren (South Sweden)
Hjälmaren
Altitude above sea level 22.2  m ö.h.
surface 476.91 km²
length 58 km
width 18 km
volume 3.005 km³dep1
scope 357 km
Maximum depth 20 m
Middle deep 6.2 m
Catchment area 3810 km²

Lake Hjälmaren is the fourth largest lake in Sweden with an area of ​​477 square kilometers . It borders the historic provinces of Västmanland , Södermanland and Närke . The Hjälmaren is a shallow lake with an average depth of 6 meters and a maximum depth of 20 meters. The largest tributaries are Svartån and the Kvismare Canal (Täljeån). The Hjälmaren drains over the Eskilstunaån into the lake Mälaren . In the 1880s the water level of the Hjälmaren was lowered by 1.9 meters and 190 km² were drained.

The largest island in the Hjälmaren is Vinön with an area of ​​4.5 km².

The provincial capital Örebro is located on the Hjälmaren .

Via the Hjälmare Canal , Sweden's oldest artificial waterway, there is a navigable connection to Mälaren and thus also indirectly to the Baltic Sea.

Hjälmaren is the setting for the 25th chapter of Selma Lagerlöf's novel The Wonderful Journey of Little Nils Holgersson with the Wild Geese .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sjöareal och sjöhöjd (3.32 MB; PDF) , Svenskt vattenarkiv (SVAR), Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
  2. ↑ a b Vattenståndsmätningar i Hjälmaren (PDF; 144 kB) ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bizmet.smhi.se
  3. ↑ a b c Sjödjup och sjövolym (712.6 kB; PDF) , Svenskt vattenarkiv (SVAR), Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
  4. ↑ Kust och stränder i Sverige (407 kB; PDF) , Statistiska centralbyrån ( http://www.scb.se ) (Swedish)
  5. ↑ VattenWeb , Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)

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