Lake Väsman ()
is a lake in
Ludvika Municipality
Ludvika Municipality (''Ludvika kommun'') is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.
In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipaliti ...
in
Dalarna County
Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmar ...
of
Sweden, in the
Norrström
Norrström is one of the shortest rivers in Europe in central Stockholm. It connects Lake Mälaren with the Baltic Sea. It runs from Riddarfjärden, north of Gamla stan, to Stockholms ström (the western part of Saltsjön). Two islands lie within ...
main basin.
Description
Lake Väsman is deep, has an area of and is above sea level.
It is about long in a southeasterly direction, with a width of .
In the past these was steamboat traffic on the lake.
There is a major iron ore deposit below the lake, estimated at 640 million tonnes.
In 2011 the Nordic Iron Ore company said it would try to start mining.
Basin
Lake Väsman is included in the sub-basin called the outlet of Väsman. The average altitude is above sea level and the area is .
Including the 53 catchment areas upstream, the accumulated area of the lake's basin is .
Kolbäcksån
Kolbäcksån is a river located in Bergslagen in the middle of Sweden. It is about 180 kilometres long, arises in the province Dalarna and flows through the province of Västmanland into the Mälaren. The river drains an area of approximately 3,10 ...
, which drains the catchment, collects water from three rivers before reaching the sea after .
The catchment area consists mostly of forest (56%).
Gallery
File:Väsman Kaffeholmen 2013.jpg, Väsman at Sörvik with Kaffeholmen island
File:Lekombergs gruva Hoppets båt 2013.jpg, View from Lekombergs mine
File:Ludvika hamn 2013.jpg, Ludvika port
File:Ludvika hamn SS Wäsman 2013.jpg, S/S Wäsman in Ludvika port
File:Ludvika Ström Väsman 2013.jpg, The dam between Ludvika ström and Väsman
File:Sunnansjö hamn 2013.jpg, Sunnansjö port
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Lakes of Dalarna County