# Salvatnet

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{{Short description|Lake in Trøndelag, Norway}}
{{Infobox body of water
|name                    = Salvatnet
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| mapframe-zoom = 9
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of the lake
|coordinates             = {{coord|64.7108|11.5546|region:NO_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
|location                = [Namsos Municipality](/source/Namsos_Municipality), [Trøndelag](/source/Tr%C3%B8ndelag)
|type                    = glacial fjord [meromictic lake](/source/meromictic_lake), moraine-dammed
|inflow                  = Ambudalselva, Eidelva (Sakselva), Helsåa, Hendelva and Nedre Straumen
|outflow                 = Moselva
|catchment               =
{{convert|431.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|basin_countries         = [Norway](/source/Norway)
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|length                  = {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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|area                    = {{convert|44.96|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Sepp2005" />
|depth                   = {{convert|155|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="Sepp2005" />
|max-depth               = {{convert|482|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="Sepp2005" />
|volume                  = {{convert|6.97|km3|abbr=on}}<ref name="Sepp2005" />
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|shore                   = {{convert|105.61|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|elevation               = {{convert|9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|islands                 = Storøya
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|reference               = [NVE](/source/Norwegian_Water_Resources_and_Energy_Directorate)<ref name="nve">{{Cite web |title=Innsjødatabase |url=https://temakart.nve.no/link/?link=innsjodatabase |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=NVE.no |language=no}}</ref> and Seppälä<ref name="Sepp2005">{{Cite book |last=Seppälä |first=Matti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q33WekTp7tgC&pg=PA145 |title=The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia |date=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199245901 |page=145}}</ref> }}

'''Salvatnet'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fakta om stedsnavn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/136306 |access-date=2019-05-26 |website=kartverket.no |publisher=[Kartverket](/source/Kartverket) |language=no}}</ref> is a [lake](/source/lake) in [Namsos Municipality](/source/Namsos_Municipality) in [Trøndelag](/source/Tr%C3%B8ndelag) [county](/source/counties_of_Norway), [Norway](/source/Norway). With its deepest depth of {{convert|482|m}}, it is Norway's and [Europe](/source/Europe)'s [second-deepest lake](/source/Lakes_in_Norway), after [Hornindalsvatnet](/source/Hornindalsvatnet). Alternate sources give the depth as either {{convert|464|m}} (old manual method) or {{convert|482|m}} (modern echo sounding method) at the deepest point. The lake sits close to the [Norwegian Sea](/source/Norwegian_Sea), about {{convert|9|m}} above sea level at the surface and reaches to a depth of {{convert|473|m}} below sea level. It is a large lake with an area of {{convert|44.96|km2}}, a volume of {{convert|6.97|km3}}, and a shoreline that is {{convert|105.61|km}} around.<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Salsvatnet |url=http://snl.no/Salsvatnet |access-date=2011-09-22 |language=no}}</ref>

Salvatnet is a [meromictic lake](/source/meromictic_lake), meaning that the water is permanently stratified, often without [oxygen](/source/oxygen) in the lower depths ([bottom water](/source/bottom_water)) due to [density gradient](/source/density_gradient) and a lack of turnover. A meromictic lake often preserves records of the geologic past. The lower layer of the lake is highly [saline](/source/Saline_water) and as a result denser than the higher levels of water. Other meromictic lakes in Norway; with old seawater in the lower depths include [Botnvatnet](/source/Botnvatnet_(Saltdal)), [Kilevann](/source/Kilevann), [Rossfjordvatnet](/source/Rossfjordvatnet), [Rørholtfjorden](/source/R%C3%B8rholtfjorden) an arm of the lake [Tokke](/source/Tokke_(lake)), [Rørhopvatnet](/source/R%C3%B8rhopvatnet), [Tronstadvann](/source/Tronstadvann), and [Øvervatnet](/source/%C3%98vervatnet_(Fauske)).

==See also==
*[List of lakes in Norway](/source/List_of_lakes_in_Norway)

==References==
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{{Lakes in Norway}}
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Category:Namsos Municipality
Category:Lakes of Trøndelag
Category:Meromictic lakes

{{Trøndelag-lake-stub}}

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