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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Gjesåssjøen

Gjesåssjøen is a lake in Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 4.06-square-kilometre (1.57 sq mi) lake lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the villages of Kjellmyra and Flisa and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the village of Flisa. The village of Gjesåsen and the Gjesåsen Church lie along the eastern shore of the lake.

The lake was designated as a nature reserve in 2003. The lake is surrounded by agriculture which use the lake as a source of water. Gjesåssjøen is an important habitat for a number of bird species. About 150 different bird species were observed at the lake between 1996 and 2006, among these rare species such as the grebe and the greylag goose.

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References

  1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ Aanmoen, Oskar, ed. (22 February 2022). "Gjesåssjøen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 March 2022.