Mien (lake)
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| The Mien in June 2010. | ||
| Geographical location | Småland , Sweden | |
| Tributaries | Drevån | |
| Drain | Mieån | |
| Location close to the shore | Tingsryd | |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 25 '8 " N , 14 ° 51' 30" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 94.8 m above sea level | |
| surface | 19.9 km² | |
| volume | 0.275 km³ | |
| Maximum depth | 42 m | |
| Middle deep | 13.8 m | |
| Catchment area | 174 km² | |
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particularities |
Crater lake |
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The Mien is a circular crater lake in Småland in southern Sweden in the province of Kronobergs län .
It is located about 12 kilometers southwest of Tingsryd and has a diameter of 5.5 kilometers. The lake lies within a crater that was formed by a meteorite impact about 121 million years ago. In the meantime the crater was filled with sediment. Only the erosion of the inland ice during the Ice Age exposed the crater again. It is believed that the original impact crater was larger than today's lake and was nine kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid (7706) Mien was named after the lake on March 20, 2000 .
The Mien drains over the Mieån into the Baltic Sea .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sjöareal och sjöhöjd (3.32 MB; PDF) , Svenskt vattenarkiv (SVAR), Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
- ↑ a b c Sjödjup och sjövolym (712.6 kB; PDF) , Svenskt vattenarkiv (SVAR), Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
- ↑ VattenWeb , Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
Web links
Commons : Mien - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Mien - Entry in the Earth Impact Database (English, source)
- The Miensee - a meteorite crater in Sweden - short description of a lecture at the University of Bremen with information about the lake (source)