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Våvatnet is a lake in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.[1] The lake was dammed in 1910 and is used as the main reservoir for the municipality of Orkdal. The water flows into the lake Songsjøen and then into the lake Gagnåsvatnet.

Våvatnet
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Location	Orkland, Trøndelag
Coordinates	63.3291°N 09.5406°E / 63.3291; 09.5406
Primary outflows	Sagelva
Basin countries	Norway
Built	1910
Max. length	3 kilometres (1.9 mi)
Max. width	5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
Surface area	5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Shore length1	19.7 kilometres (12.2 mi)
Surface elevation	300 metres (980 ft)
References	NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The lake is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of the village of Krokstadøra, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of the village of Ytre Snillfjord, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the village of Gjølme.

See also

• List of lakes in Norway

References

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