Laitaure
| Laitaure ( Laidaure ) | ||
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| Geographical location | Jokkmokk (municipality) , Lapland , Sweden | |
| Tributaries | Rapaatno | |
| Drain | Rapaatno | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ N , 18 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 494.2 m above sea level | |
| surface | 10.94 km² | |
| Catchment area | 763 km² | |
The Laitaure is a lake in Lapland , in northern Sweden , through which the Rapaätno , a tributary of the Lilla Luleälven , flows. The Sarek National Park borders the lake. North of the lake is the 1179 meter high granite mountain Skierffe , the south side of which drops 350 m vertically and then another 350 m almost vertically to the 10 km² Laitauredelta. The Rapaätno, which feeds the lake, is one of the most water-rich rivers in Sweden and has 175 m³ / second of water at the entrance to the Laitaure, and 250 m³ / second and more after periods of rain. The river drains 30 glaciers and transports a corresponding amount of mud and debris, so that the estuary delta is getting bigger and the lake is about 50 cm smaller every year.
See also
Web links
Commons : Laitaure - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sjöareal och sjöhöjd (3.32 MB; PDF) , Svenskt vattenarkiv (SVAR), Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
- ↑ VattenWeb , Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
- ↑ http://www.barrois.de/Hobby/Outdoor/lappland.htm
literature
- Axel Hamberg: Sarekfjällen: Vägledning förfärder i Högfjällen mellan lule älvs källarmar. Wahlström & Widstrand-Verlag, Stockholm 1922, p. 36ff. (on-line)