Selbusjø or Selbusjøen is the 17th largest lake in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, primarily in the municipality of Selbu

Selbu

Selbu is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Fossan, Hyttbakken, Innbygda, Selbustrand, Tømra, and Vikvarvet.-General information:...

, although the western end of it lies in Klæbu

Klæbu

Klæbu is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the Trondheim Region, about south of the city of Trondheim. The administrative center is the village of Klæbu. The other major village in Klæbu is Tanem.The village of Klæbu is located...

. The 58.26 square kilometres (22.5 sq mi) lake is the largest lake in Sør-Trøndelag county. Selbusjø is part of the Nea-Nidelv watershed

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

, with the Nea River

Nea River

The Nea River is an long river which runs through the municipalities of Tydal and Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The river Nea is a part of the Nea-Nidelvvassdraget watershed...

 flowing into it on the eastern end and the Nidelva

Nidelva

Nidelva or Nidelven is a river in the county Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Elva or Elven is Norwegian for river, so the name translates to "Nid River".-Location:...

 River flowing out the western end. The villages of Selbustrand

Selbustrand

Selbustrand is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about across the lake Selbusjøen from the municipal center of Mebonden. The village of Fossan lies about to the northeast of Selbustrand. The Selbustrand Church is located in this village....

, Fossan

Fossan

Fossan is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about north of the municipal center of Mebonden, across the lake Selbusjøen. Fossan is located about halfway between the village of Selbustrand and Tømra....

, Tømra, Trøa

Trøa

Tømra is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the eastern end of the lake Selbusjøen, just north of Innbygda and about north of the municipal center of Mebonden. The village has a population of 205. The population density of Trøa is ....

, Innbygda

Innbygda, Sør-Trøndelag

Innbygda is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the eastern end of the lake Selbusjøen, about northeast of the municipal center of Mebonden and about southwest of Trøa. The village is home to some small industries including a sawmill and a...

, Mebonden

Mebonden

Mebonden is a village that is the administrative centre of the municipality of Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the eastern end of the lake Selbusjøen at the mouth of the Nea River....

, Vikvarvet

Vikvarvet

Vikvarvet is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the lake Selbusjøen, about southwest of the municipal center of Mebonden....

, and Sjøbygda lie around the lake.