Lake Väsman ()
is a lake in
Ludvika Municipality 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 Hed ...
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 wi ...
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, 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
Sörvik is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 743 inhabitants in 2010.
It is on the east shore of Lake Väsman
Lake Väsman () is a lake in Ludvika Municipality in Dalarna County of Sweden, in the Norrström ...
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
Sunnansjö is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden. It had 560 inhabitants in 2010.
Notable residents
* Viking Björk (1918-2008), cardiac surgeon
Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the ...
port
References
Citations
Sources
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Lakes of Dalarna County