LAKES, AND THE SNOW-LINE. 



449 



LAKES. 



The length and breadth of the principal inland lakes of Norway, measurini 

 over one Norwegian mile in length. 



Name and location of lakes, tl 



Mjosen, situated in ahout the 

 centre of the sttft of Chris- 

 tiauia, in the anit of Ager- 

 shus ; the largest lake in 

 Norway. 



Eosvandet, at Vessen, Helg- 

 laud, in amt of Nordland. 



Eaudsfjord, at Land, in the 

 district of Hadeland, amt of 

 Christians. 



Famiindso, at Osterdal, in the 

 amt of Hedemarken. 



Tjrifjord, at Eingerigo, in the 

 amt of Buskerud. 



The chain of lakes atFredriks- 

 hald, in the amt of Smaale- 

 nene : height measured at 

 Femioen. 



Store (great) Lceso, near the 

 Swedish boundary, in the 

 amt of Smaalchnenc. 



Tiudso, at Tiud, district of 

 Thelmark, amt of Bratsberg. 



Otavand, or Vaagevand, at 

 Gudbrandsdal, in the amt of 

 Christians. 



Niservand, at Nisedal, Tele- 

 mark, in the amt of Brats- 

 berg. 



Kroderen, in the amt of Bus- 

 kerud, district of Buskerud. 



Mjosvandet, at Tind, Thele- 

 mark, in the amt of Buske- 

 rud. 



29 s66 



Length in 

 English 

 miles. 



Breadth in 

 English 

 miles. 



54.08 



1.52 



12.00 



12.00 



38. 04 



2.28 



33.48 



0.56 



15.02 



6.84 



36.52 



1.52 



30.44 



2*. 00 



22. 84 



3.80 



22.84 



0.76 



21.28 



1.52 



21.28 



0.76 



18. 24 



3.04 



Height above the sea in English feet. 



425 feet, mean of five measiu'cs, four in 

 July and the fifth on the 5th of August, 

 by Hissinger; 426, mean of several 

 measures in June, 1837, Keilhau; 415, 

 mean of two measures, July and Au- 

 gust, 1841, Keilhau and Suhrland ; 

 444, mean of two measures in the lat- 

 ter part of May, 1841; 422, mean of 

 three measures made on the 6th, 21st, 

 and 26th of July, 1843, Keilhau ; 408, 

 Horby, June 30, 1848; 384, Hansten, 

 by theodolite, August 15, 1847. 



1,378, mean of three measures, by Suhr- 

 land, 1843. 



309, VonBuch; 491, Esmark; 341, Han- 

 sten; 432, mean of four measures upon 

 three different days, Keilhau, 1838; 

 319, Carpelan; 508, measured at Eod- 

 uas, the upper end of the lake, Keil- 

 hau, 1845; 473, at Jonvold, Keilhau. 

 1845. 



2,250, Hissinger; 2,188, mean of siy 

 measures, Horby, 1848; 2,194, mean 

 of twelve measures, Horby, 1854. 



193, Keilhau, 1838; 242, Mashmann ; 

 226, Keilhau and Suhrland, 1842 ; 228, 

 at Holsf jord, Nasser, 1852. 



226, Boeck, 1834. 



340, Keilhau and Boeck, 1834 ; 422, mean 

 of two measures by theodolite, Hertz- 

 berg, 1849. 



570, Esmark ; 630, Hansten ; 609, Jlash- 

 mar ; 550, Smith ; 659, mean of several 

 measures upon two days, Keilhau and 

 Suhrland ; 667, mean of two measures, 

 Najser, 1846, at high water ; 581, Nas- 

 ser, 1853. 



1,163, Naumann; 1,126, Broch; 1,214, 

 theodolite, by Hansten, mean of thirty- 

 six measures, in July and August, 1844; 

 1,208, mean of twenty-six measures in 

 July and August, 1844, Andersen. 



787, mean of four measures, Keilhau and 

 Suhrland, 1840; 873, mean of three 

 measures upon diflercnt days, Nasser, 

 1847; 758, by levelling, Sandborg. 



471, Keilhau, 1838; 441, mean of two 

 measures, Keilhau and Suhrland, 1842 ; 

 417, Wcrgeland, 1840. 



2,844, Smith; 2,899, Bassoe, 1846; .3,012, 

 mean of three measures, Nasser, 1853. 



