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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 983 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 . It has an See also:area of 2149 sq . 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 . It is drained by the Grata See also:river southward; to the See also:Cattegat . 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 . 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:hill exhibiting a remarkable See also:series of See also:geological strata . Several islands fringe this See also:shore; of these Lecko has a See also:fine See also:medieval See also:castle . This lake and Lake See also:Vetter contain degenerate See also:species of marine See also:fauna, See also:left after the See also:retreat of the sea in which both were formerly included . By means of the Dalsland See also:Canal from Kopmannabro, midway on the See also:west shore ofDalbo, the lake, which is the See also:scene of a busy See also:traffic in See also:timber, See also:iron and agricultural produce, has communication with See also:Fredrikshald in See also:Norway; and it is traversed from Venersborg on the See also:south to STotorp on the See also:east by the GSta (q.v.) Canal route . The See also:principal lake-ports are—on the north See also:Karlstad (q.v.) and Kristinehamn, with iron-See also:works and See also:tobacco factory; on the east Mariestad, See also:chief See also:town of the See also:district of Skaraborg, taking its name from the See also:queen of See also:Charles IX . (1599-1611) ; on the south Lidkoppmg, near the Kinnekulle; and Venersborg at the outflow of the G6t8, with its old See also:bridge and canal of the 17th See also:century, a museum, and iron foundries, tanneries and match and See also:paper factories .

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