Gjesåssjøen is a lake in Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 4.06-square-kilometre (1.57 sq mi) lake lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the villages of Kjellmyra and Flisa and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the village of Flisa. The village of Gjesåsen and the Gjesåsen Church lie along the eastern shore of the lake.[2]
| Gjesåssjøen | |
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  Gjesåssjøen Location of the lake  Gjesåssjøen Gjesåssjøen (Norway) | |
| Location | Åsnes Municipality, Innlandet |
| Coordinates | 60°41′1″N 11°59′3″E / 60.68361°N 11.98417°E |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) |
| Surface area | 4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 9.49 kilometres (5.90 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 176 metres (577 ft) |
| References | NVE[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The lake was designated as a nature reserve in 2003. The lake is surrounded by agriculture which use the lake as a source of water. Gjesåssjøen is an important habitat for a number of bird species. About 150 different bird species were observed at the lake between 1996 and 2006, among these rare species such as the grebe and the greylag goose.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ a b Aanmoen, Oskar, ed. (22 February 2022). "Gjesåssjøen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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