Drevvatnet[2] is a lake that lies in Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Drevvassbygda lies at the northeastern end of the 4.93-square-kilometre (1.90 sq mi) lake, in the Drevjedalen valley. The Nordland Line railway follows the southern coast of the lake.[3]

Name

The first element is the name of the river Drevja and the last element is the finite form of vatn which means "lake".

See also

References

  1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Drevjedalen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-11-30.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drevvatnet
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