Byrkjelandsvatnet

Byrkjelandsvatnet
Birkelandsvatnet
Storavatnet
Byrkjelandsvatnet is located in Rogaland
Byrkjelandsvatnet
Byrkjelandsvatnet
Location of the lake
Byrkjelandsvatnet is located in Norway
Byrkjelandsvatnet
Byrkjelandsvatnet
Byrkjelandsvatnet (Norway)
LocationBjerkreim, Rogaland
Coordinates58°42′23″N 6°08′34″E / 58.7064°N 06.1427°E / 58.7064; 06.1427
Typefjord lake
Primary outflowsMalmeisåna river
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length7.5 km (4.7 mi)
Max. width2 km (1.2 mi)
Surface area5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Max. depth90 m (300 ft)
Shore length122.36 km (13.89 mi)
Surface elevation179 m (587 ft)
ReferencesNVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Byrkjelandsvatnet or Storavatnet is a lake in the municipality of Bjerkreim in Rogaland county, Norway.[1] The 5.17-square-kilometre (2.00 sq mi) lake lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the village of Øvrebygd. The lake flows out through the short river Malmeisåna which flows into the lake Hofreistæ.

  1. ^ "Birkelandsvatnet, Bjerkreim (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-05-01.