Vatndalsvatnet or Vatnedalsvatnet is a

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

in the municipality of

Bykle Bykle is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bykle. Other villages in Bykle municipality include Berdalen, Bjåen, Br ...

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...

. The lake lies about west of the village of Berdalen and the river

Otra The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Vestfold og Telemark cou ...

. The nearby lakes

Ormsavatnet Ormsavatnet is a lake in the municipality of Bykle in Agder county, Norway. The lake flows into the Vatndalsvatnet via a dam and canal. The lake is located in the Setesdalsheiene mountains near the lakes Store Urevatn, Holmevatnet, and Ha ...

and

Store Urevatn Store Urevatn or Urevatn is a lake in the municipality of Bykle in Agder county, Norway. The lake lies about west of the village of Hoslemo and about northwest of the municipal centre of Bykle. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea leve ...

flow into the lake through dams and

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface f ...

s. The lake Vatndalsvatnet also has a dam on it and the water flows out of the lake from the dam into the

river. The lake is located in the central part of Bykle, about halfway between the villages of Hovden and

. The mountains

Snjoheinuten Snjoheinuten is a mountain in the municipality of Bykle in Agder county, Norway. The tall mountain is the 6th highest mountain in Agder county out of all the mountains with a topographic prominence, prominence of more than . The mountain sits on ...

and

Kvervetjønnuten Kvervetjønnuten is a mountain in the municipality of Bykle in Agder county, Norway. The tall mountain is the 16th highest mountain in Agder of all the mountains with a prominence of more than . The mountain sits on the southern shore of the l ...

both lie on the south side of the lake.

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{{Lakes in Norway Bykle Lakes of Agder Reservoirs in Norway

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