Øyeren
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| Location | Akershus and Østfold counties, Norway |
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| Lake type | Natural lake |
| Surface area | 84.74 km² |
| Max depth | 71 m |
| Shore length1 | 165.47 km |
| Surface elevation | 101 m |
| References | NVE |
| 1 Shore length is an imprecise measure which may not be standardized for this article. | |
Øyeren is a lake in the Glomma river watershed, southeast of Lillestrøm. It is located within the municipalities of Trøgstad, Enebakk, Fet and Rælingen in Akershus county and Spydeberg municipality in Østfold county.
Øyeren lake is the ninth largest lake by area in Norway with a surface area of 84.7 km². It is 101 meters above sea level and 71 meters deep.
[edit] The name
The name of the lake (Norse Øyir) is derived from øy f 'island; flat and fertil land along a waterside'.
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