Bangsjøan is a man-made lake in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It is located along the borders of the municipalities of

Snåsa Snåsa may refer to: Places

*Snåsa Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Snåsa (village), a village in Snåsa Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway *Snåsa Church, a church built in 1200 in Snåsa Municipality in Trø ...

, Grong, Overhalla, and

Steinkjer or is a municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer which is located on the inne ...

. The lake lies about north of the lake Snåsavatnet and about northwest of the village of

Snåsa Snåsa may refer to: Places

. The lake was created by the building of a

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aqua ...

which cause the water level of three neighboring lakes to rise and flow together into one large lake. The dam is located on what is now the northwestern side of the lake. Originally, there were three lakes. The southwestern lake was called ''Ytter-Bangsjøen'', the middle lake was ''Midter-Bangsjøen'', and the northeastern lake was ''Øyster-Bangsjøen''. Today, the lakes flow together and the three old lake names are still used to refer to their respective areas in the large lake. The lake empties through a

at the northwestern end and into the river Bongna.

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Steinkjer Snåsa Grong Overhalla Lakes of Trøndelag Reservoirs in Norway {{Trøndelag-lake-stub

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