Farris
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For other uses, see Farris (disambiguation).
Lake in Vestfold, Norway
| Farris | |
|---|---|
Bjørnøya | |
| References | NVE[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Farris is a lake on the border of
Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark. The large town of Larvik is located at the southern end of the lake.[2]
The 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) lake would have been part of the saltwater
ice age. That moraine is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide, separating the lake from the sea. There is a short river that runs through the moraine which drains the lake into the fjord. The lake Farris is a drinking water reservoir for about 170,000 people in the region.[2]
The largest island in the lake is
is named after the lake.See also
- List of lakes in Norway
References
- ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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