Storgåsvatnet
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Storgåsvatnet is a lake
in the municipality of Namsskogan
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The lake lies in the northern part of the municipality, southwest of the lake Mellingsvatnet
and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the European route E6
highway.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
in the municipality of Namsskogan
Namsskogan
Namsskogan is a village and municipality in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Namsskogan...
in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
county, 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...
. The lake lies in the northern part of the municipality, southwest of the lake Mellingsvatnet
Mellingsvatnet
Mellingsvatnet is a Norwegian lake that lies in Namsskogan municipality in Nord-Trøndelag and Grane municipality in Nordland. The lake lies about west of the European route E6 highway on the border of the two municipalities....
and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the European route E6
European route E6
European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...
highway.