Storsjøen (Rendalen)

{{Short description|Lake in Rendalen and Åmot, Hedmark, Norway}}

{{For|the lake in Nord-Odal|Storsjø (Nord-Odal)}}

{{Infobox body of water

|name = Storsjø

|native_name =

|native_name_lang =

|other_name = Storsjø (unofficial)

|image = Storsjøen.jpg

|caption = View of the south side of the lake

|image_bathymetry =

|image_map = {{Infobox mapframe|wikidata=yes|zoom=8|marker=water|stroke-color=#0000FF}}

|caption_map = Interactive map of the lake

|coordinates = {{coord|61|27|08|N|11|18|35|E|region:NO_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

|location = Åmot and Rendalen, Innlandet

|type = fault lake

|inflow = Flena, Glesåa, Mistra from Lomnessjøen, Møra and Renaelva

|outflow = Renaelva

|catchment = {{convert|2293.18|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|basin_countries = Norway

|date-built =

|date-flooded =

|length = {{convert|35|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|width = {{convert|1.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|area = {{convert|48.09|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|depth = {{convert|139|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|max-depth = {{convert|309|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|volume = {{convert|6.684|km3|cumi|abbr=on}}

|residence_time =

|shore = {{convert|75.11|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|elevation = {{convert|248-252|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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|cities =

|reference = NVE{{Cite web |title=Innsjødatabase |url=https://temakart.nve.no/link/?link=innsjodatabase |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=NVE.no |language=no}}and The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia{{Citation |last=Seppälä |first=Matti |title=The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia |page=145 |year=2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q33WekTp7tgC&pg=PA145 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-924590-1}} }}

Storsjøen{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/614112 |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}} is the ninth-deepest lake in Norway at {{convert|309|m|ft}} in depth. The {{convert|48.09|km2|adj=on}} lake lies in Rendalen Municipality and Åmot Municipality which are in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is {{convert|35|km}} long, but only {{convert|1.7|km}} wide at its broadest point. The lake lies {{convert|252|m|ft}} above sea level, has an area of {{convert|48.09|km2|sqmi}}, and a volume of {{convert|6.69|km3|cumi|abbr=on}}.{{Cite SNL|Storsjøen_-_Rendalen|Storsjøen (Rendalen)|2025-06-02|Haugen|Morten O.|2024-11-27}}

Historically, the lake was used for floating timber downstream from the forests where it was cut to the downstream mills were it would be cut and sold.