Magelungsdiket ( sv, Magelungen Ditch) is one of three inflows of Lake Magelungen in southern

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. It empties into the lake from north together with

Kräppladiket Kräppladiket is one of the four inflow rivers of Lake Magelungen in southern Stockholm, Sweden. It empties into the lake in its northern end together with Magelungsdiket and Norrån while Djupån joins the lake on its southern end. In contras ...

while Djupån reaches the southern end of the lake. Magelungsdiket had a drainage area of 17 km² stretching north to

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until the south-western suburbs of Stockholm were built in the early 1950s and water was guided to

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through

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pipes. Today only 1,5 km² remains of the drainage area and most of the contributions comes from one-family houses in eastern

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and green areas around Magelungen. Water flow is slow, often stagnant, and the ditch is surrounded by dense vegetation. It opened out in a

wetland A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...

drained in 1994 in order to create canals and minor islands attracting birds. Very high levels of metals have been reported from a street inlet near the outlet.Vattenprogram, p 9.3 Together with Kräpplingadiket, it is estimated to contribute some 100 kg/year of

phosphorus Phosphorus is a chemical element with the symbol P and atomic number 15. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus, but because it is highly reactive, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Ear ...

. The ditch is one of a few locales for

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in Stockholm.SLB, p 77

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* * Rivers of Stockholm County Geography of Stockholm {{Sweden-river-stub

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