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Venern] with,the addition of the definite- See also:article See also:VENER [Wener or Miner; often written
, the largest See also:lake in See also:Sweden and the third largest in See also:Europe
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It has an See also:area of 2149 sq
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1n.; a maximum length of 87 m.; an extreme breadth of 44 m.; a maximum See also:depth of 292 ft.; and an 'See also:altitude above See also:sea-level of 144 ft., though the See also:Surface sometimes rises as much as to ft. or more, for the lake is the recipient of the See also:waters of numerous streams, the largest being the See also:Mar, which drains the forests of Vermland and Kopparberg to the See also:north
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It is drained by the Grata See also:river southward; to the See also:Cattegat
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It is divided into two basins by two peninsulas and a See also:group of islands, the' western See also:half being known as Lake Dalbo
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The See also:northern shores are high, rocky and in See also:part wooded, the See also:southern open and See also:low, though isolated hills occur, such as the Kinnekulle (988. ft.), an abrupt See also: |
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