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Galtsjøen Latitude and Longitude:

61°53′19″N 11°44′20″E / 61.88861°N 11.73889°E / 61.88861; 11.73889
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Galtsjøen
Galtsjøen is located in Innlandet
Galtsjøen
Galtsjøen
Location of the lake
Galtsjøen is located in Norway
Galtsjøen
Galtsjøen
Galtsjøen (Norway)
Location Rendalen and Engerdal, Innlandet
Coordinates 61°53′19″N 11°44′20″E / 61.88861°N 11.73889°E / 61.88861; 11.73889
Primary inflows Sølna and Isterfossen
Primary outflows Femundelva
Basin countries Norway
Max. length2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi)
Max. width1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi)
Surface area3.57 km2 (1.38 sq mi)
Shore length113.22 kilometres (8.21 mi)
Surface elevation643 metres (2,110 ft)
References NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Galtsjøen is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Rendalen and Engerdal in Innlandet county, Norway. The 3.5-square-kilometre (1.4 sq mi) lake is considered the headwaters of the river Femundselva which flows south into Sweden. The lake inlet is through the Galtstrømmen which comes from the small lake Galthåen which in turn has an inlet from the lake Isteren and Femund. The lake Sølensjøen lies about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the west of Galtsjøen. [1]

The lakes Galtsjøen and Galthåen are both part of the Galtsjøen nature reserve. The lake is rich in fish, including trout, grayling, whitefish, pike, burbot, and perch.

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References

  1. ^ "NVE Innsjødatabase". Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. Retrieved 2020-12-19.