Skagern
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| North End Skagern | ||
| Geographical location | Värmland , Närke and Västergötland , Sweden | |
| Tributaries | Svartälven and Letälven | |
| Drain | Gullspångsälven | |
| Places on the shore | Gullspång | |
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| Coordinates | 58 ° 59 ′ N , 14 ° 17 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 68.2 m ö.h. | |
| surface | 132.15 km² | |
| length | 21 km | |
| volume | 3.322 km³ | |
| Maximum depth | 77 m | |
| Middle deep | 26.8 m | |
| Catchment area | 5030 km² | |
Skagern is a Swedish lake in the Tiveden National Park between Värmland , Närke and Västergötland or the lakes Vänern and Vättern .
The lake level is 68 meters above sea level and 25 meters above Lake Vänern. Its area is 132 square kilometers, of which 69 are in Västergötland, 39 in Värmland and 23 in Örebro province . The Skagern is the nineteenth largest lake in Sweden. It is approx. 21 km long from north to south, the width is ± 10 km. Tributaries are u. a. Svartälven and Letälven in the north and several in the south. Through the Gullspångsälven , water flows off into the Vänern in the west. There is a wealth of fish: pike , pikeperch , perch , salmon , trout , whitefish , smelt , eel and large burbot . The banks are mostly hilly and wooded.
In 1916, the electricity company Gullspång-Munkfors (see Gullspång ) received permission from King Gustav V to raise the altitude by about 1.6 meters for electricity generation against protests by local residents. The water mass increased by about 200 million cubic meters.
The oldest known name from the 14th century is Scaður. The spelling with g first appeared in the 17th century.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sjöareal och sjöhöjd (3.32 MB; PDF) , Svenskt vattenarkiv (SVAR), Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
- ↑ Länskartor , the official Swedish map service
- ↑ 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)
