Barnsjön (
Swedish for "the Child Lake") is a small
lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
within the
Tyresån Lake System in
Tyresö Municipality
Tyresö Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
Most of Tyresö Municipality lies within the Stockholm urban area.
History
The first humans arrived ...
south of
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
.
The lake, situated between the residential areas
Trollbäcken
Trollbäcken is a district of Tyresö Municipality in Sweden. It is located south of Bollmora along county road 260. Trollbäcken contains almost exclusively detached houses. In the area of Trollbäcken centre (''Trollbäckens centrum''), also kno ...
and
Bollmora
Bollmora is the central district and municipal seat of Tyresö Municipality in Sweden. Together with major parts of the other two main districts of Tyresö, Trollbäcken and Gamla Tyresö, Bollmora forms a conurbation with Stockholm.
Bollmora deri ...
, empties into Lake
Tyresö-Flaten through the brook Prästängsdiket.
[Tyresåsamarbetet, ''Barnsjön''] It is regarded as an important local recreational milieu. It is popular for both fishing and bathing.
There are two municipal baths by the lake.
[Tyresö Municipality, ''Barnsjön'']
Environmental impact
Barnsjön is a forest lake poor in nutrients. With a low buffering capacity, the lake is sensitive to
acid deposits and has an
acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. Hydron, hydrogen cation, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis ...
ity at about
pH 7. It is therefore regarded as important to avoid contaminations within its catchment area.
See also
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Geography of Stockholm
The City of Stockholm is situated on fourteen islands and on the banks to the archipelago where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea. The city centre is virtually situated on the water.
The area of Stockholm is one of several places in Sweden wi ...
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Geography of Stockholm
Lakes of Stockholm County