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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 15 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Vettern] with the addition of the definite See also:

article often written See also:VETTER [Vallee or Wetter  , a See also:lake of See also:southern See also:Sweden, 8o m. See also:long, and 18 m. in extreme breadth . It has an See also:area of 733 sq. m., and a drainage area of 2528 sq. m.; its maximum See also:depth in 390 ft., and its See also:elevation above See also:sea-level 289 ft . It drains eastward by the See also:Motala See also:river to the Baltic . Its See also:waters are of remarkable transparency and blueness, its shores picturesque and steep on the See also:east See also:side, where the Omberg (863 ft.) rises abruptly, with furrowed flanks pierced by caves . The lake is subject to sudden storms . Its See also:northern See also:part is crossed from Karlsborg to Motala (W. to E.) by the See also:GOta See also:canal route . At the southern end is the important manufacturing See also:town of See also:Jonkoping, and 15 M . N. of it the picturesque See also:island of Vising, with a ruined See also:palace of the 17th See also:century and a See also:fine See also:church . Vadstena, 8 m . S. of Motala, with a See also:staple See also:industry in See also:lace, has a See also:convent (now a See also:hospital) of St See also:Bridget or Birgitta (1383), a beautiful monastic church (1395–1424) and a See also:castle of See also:King-See also:VEVEY 15 Gustavus See also:Vasa . At Alvastra, 16 m . S. again, are ruins of a Cistercian monastery of the Irth century .

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Close to Motala are some of the largest See also:mechanical- workshops in Sweden, See also:building warships, machinery, See also:bridges, &c .

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