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|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Using 0.1km² surface area as the measuring limit, Sweden place fifth on Countries with most lakes in the world. The great number of lakes in southern Sweden could according to Alfred Gabriel Nathorst be indebted to the creation of basins due to the stripping of an irregular mantle of weathered rock by glacier erosion.<ref name=Karnaetal1999>Template:Cite book</ref>

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Alphabetical listEdit

Some of the major lakes in Sweden: Template:Div col

Largest lakes by areaEdit

Lakes of Sweden by area<ref name="scb"> Statistisk årsbok 2012 Statistiska Centralbyrån. </ref>
Rank Lake Area
1 Vänern Template:Convert
2 Vättern Template:Convert
3 Mälaren Template:Convert
4 Hjälmaren Template:Convert
5 Storsjön Template:Convert
6 Torneträsk Template:Convert
7 Siljan Template:Convert
8 Hornavan** Template:Convert
9 Akkajaure Template:Convert
10 Uddjaure Template:Convert

Deepest lakesEdit

Subject to geological variations

  1. Hornavan - Template:Convert
  2. Torneträsk - Template:Convert
  3. Vojmsjön - Template:Convert
  4. Stor-Blåsjön - Template:Convert
  5. Stor-Rensjön - Template:Convert
  6. Virihaure - Template:Convert
  7. Kallsjön - Template:Convert
  8. Vastenjaure - Template:Convert
  9. Siljan - Template:Convert
  10. Kultsjön - Template:Convert

Largest lakes by volumeEdit

Lakes with the most water:

  1. Vänern - Template:Convert
  2. Vättern - Template:Convert
  3. Torneträsk - Template:Convert
  4. Mälaren - Template:Convert
  5. Hornavan - Template:Convert
  6. Siljan - Template:Convert
  7. Storsjön - Template:Convert
  8. Kallsjön - Template:Convert
  9. Akkajaure - Template:Convert
  10. Virihaure - Template:Convert
  11. Storuman - Template:Convert

Water lifeEdit

  • In lakes and rivers, there are a total of 52 species of fresh water fish; but several of them are rare.

See alsoEdit

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NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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