Nisser | |
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Nisservatnet | |
![]() Along the shore of Nisser | |
Location | Nissedal Municipality, Telemark |
Coordinates | 59°19′03″N 8°27′43″E / 59.3175°N 8.461944°E |
Type | glacier lake |
Primary inflows | Borstadåi, Frostdøl, Horgevikåi, Håtveitåi, Lindefjellåi, Nordbøåna and Roholdtåi (Straumen) |
Primary outflows | Nisserelva |
Catchment area | 1,077.7 km2 (416.1 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Norway |
Max. length | 35 km (22 mi) |
Max. width | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
Surface area | 76.07 km2 (29.37 sq mi) |
Average depth | 93 m (305 ft) |
Max. depth | 234 m (768 ft) |
Water volume | 7.074 km3 (1.697 cu mi) |
Surface elevation | 247 m (810 ft) |
Islands | Trontveitøya |
References | NVE[1] |
Nisser is a lake in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in Nissedal and Kviteseid municipalities, and is Telemark's largest lake. The lake is the 10th-largest lake in the nation by area with a surface area of 76.07 km2 (29.37 sq mi) (when artificial lakes are excluded). The 8th largest by volume at 7.074 km3 (1.697 cu mi). The 16th deepest at 234 m (768 ft). Nisser has the greatest average depth of the norwegian lakes; who isn't a cryptodepression. It's whole lakebasin is over the sealevel.[2] As part of the Arendal watershed, water enters this lake from the discharge from the nearby lake Vråvatn, and its outlet is the Nisserelva river which later becomes part of the river Nidelva.[3]
Fish species in the lake include the Brown trout, European whitefish, European perch, Stickleback, and Arctic char.[4]