Storsjøen (or Storsjø) is the ninth-deepest lake in Norway at 309 metres (1,014 ft) in depth. The 48.09-square-kilometre (18.57 sq mi) lake lies in Rendalen and Åmot municipalities which are in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is 35 kilometres (22 mi) long, but only 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) wide at its broadest point. The lake lies 252 metres (827 ft) above sea level, has an area of 48.09 square kilometres (18.57 sq mi), and a volume of 6.69 km3 (1.61 cu mi).[2][3]

Storsjø
View of the south side of the lake
Storsjø is located in Innlandet
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Storsjø
Location of the lake
Storsjø is located in Norway
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Storsjø (Norway)
LocationÅmot and Rendalen, Innlandet
Coordinates61°27′08″N 11°18′35″E / 61.45222°N 11.30972°E / 61.45222; 11.30972
Typefault lake
Primary inflowsFlena, Glesåa, Mistra from Lomnessjøen, Møra and Renaelva
Primary outflowsRenaelva
Catchment area2,293.18 km2 (885.40 sq mi)
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length35 km (22 mi)
Max. width1.7 km (1.1 mi)
Surface area48.09 km2 (18.57 sq mi)
Average depth139 m (456 ft)
Max. depth309 m (1,014 ft)
Water volume6.684 km3 (1.604 cu mi)
Shore length175.11 km (46.67 mi)
Surface elevation248–252 m (814–827 ft)
ReferencesThe Physical Geography of Fennoscandia,[1] NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Historically, the lake was used for floating timber downstream from the forests where it was cut to the downstream mills were it would be cut and sold.

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  1. ^ Seppälä, Matti (2005), The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia, Oxford University Press, p. 145, ISBN 978-0-19-924590-1
  2. ^ "NVE Innsjødatabase". Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  3. ^ Olsen Haugen, Morten, ed. (2022-01-25). "Storsjøen (Rendalen)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2022-02-18.