Vasslivatnet
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Vasslivatnet is a lake
in the municipality of Hemne
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The 2.92 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi) lake lies along the highway , about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of Vinjeøra
. The lake is a man-made lake along the river Søo. There is a dam
on the west end that is part of a hydropower plant.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
in the municipality of Hemne
Hemne
Hemne is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kyrksæterøra. Other villages include Heim, Hellandsjøen, Holla, and Vinjeøra...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The 2.92 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi) lake lies along the highway , about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of Vinjeøra
Vinjeøra
Vinjeøra is a village in the municipality of Hemne in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies along the highway at the end of the Vinjefjorden, about south of the municipal center of Kyrksæterøra...
. The lake is a man-made lake along the river Søo. There is a dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
on the west end that is part of a hydropower plant.