Veresvatnet or Veressjøen is a lake

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 Verdal

Verdal

Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra...

 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 eastern part of the municipality, just west of the border with Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 and just south of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park. The 6.5 square kilometres (2.5 sq mi) lake sits at an elevation of 360 metres (1,181.1 ft) above sea level, and it is considered to be one of the headwaters of the Verdalselva

Verdalselva

Verdalselva is a long river in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The river begins at Holmen in the village of Vuku at the confluence of the rivers Inna and Helgåa. The river Inna drains the lake Innsvatnet near the Swedish border and the river Helgåa runs from the...

 river since the lake's water flows out into the river Helgåa

Helgåa

Helgåa is a river in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The river begins at the lake Veresvatnet and runs through the valley Helgådalen for about to Holmen in the village of Vuku, where it merges with the river Inna to create the river Verdalselva. At Granfossen there is...

 which later joins the Verdalselva. The village of Vera

Vera, Norway

Vera is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the lake Veresvatnet, about west of the hborder with Sweden, about south of the edge of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park, and about east of the village of Vuku...

 and the Vera Chapel

Vera Chapel

Vera Chapel is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vera. The church is part of the Vera parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros...

lie on the northern shores of the lake.