Votna

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title: "Votna" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lakes-of-vestland", "ullensvang", "reservoirs-in-norway"] description: "Lake in Vestland, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votna" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Lake in Vestland, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox body of water"]

Field	Value
name	Votna
image	Lake_Votna_Hordaland_Norway_3015_6_7_fused.jpg
caption	A view to the lake Votna
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
coordinates
location	Ullensvang Municipality, Vestland
basin_countries	Norway
length	5.4 km
width	1.2 km
area	4.6 km2
shore	17.51 km
elevation	1020 m
reference	NVE
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Votna is a lake in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 4.6 km2 lake lies about 4 km straight east of the village of Røldal. The European route E134 highway runs along the northern part of the lake. There is a dam on the southwest end of the lake which regulates the level of the lake for purposes of hydroelectric power generation.

Climate

| collapsed=collapsed | location = Midtlæger 1991-2020 normals (1081m) | metric first = Yes | single line = yes | Jan high C = -3.2 | Feb high C = -2.9 | Mar high C = -1.1 | Apr high C = 3.0 | May high C = 6.2 | Jun high C = 10.0 | Jul high C = 13.4 | Aug high C = 12.2 | Sep high C = 8.4 | Oct high C = 3.4 | Nov high C = 0.4 | Dec high C = -2.4 | year high C =

| Jan mean C = -5.5 | Feb mean C = -5.4 | Mar mean C = -3.9 | Apr mean C = 0.0 | May mean C = 3.3 | Jun mean C = 6.9 | Jul mean C = 10.3 | Aug mean C = 9.5 | Sep mean C = 6.2 | Oct mean C = 1.3 | Nov mean C = -1.7 | Dec mean C = -4.6 | year mean C =

| Jan low C = -7.7 | Feb low C = -7.8 | Mar low C = -6.7 | Apr low C = -2.9 | May low C = 0.4 | Jun low C = 3.6 | Jul low C = 7.1 | Aug low C = 6.8 | Sep low C = 3.9 | Oct low C = -0.8 | Nov low C = -3.8 | Dec low C = -6.8 | year low C =

| precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 88.5 | Feb precipitation mm = 70.3 | Mar precipitation mm = 74.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 52.8 | May precipitation mm = 55.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 77.3 | Jul precipitation mm = 90.2 | Aug precipitation mm = 88.7 | Sep precipitation mm = 98.7 | Oct precipitation mm = 89.4 | Nov precipitation mm = 85.5 | Dec precipitation mm = 86.5 | year precipitation mm =

|source 1= MeteoClimat |date=August 2023

References

References

1. "Innsjødatabase".
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
3. "Votna, Odda (Hordaland)". [[yr.no]].
4. "NOAA / MeteoClimate 1991-2020 Norway". SMHI / NOAA.

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