Farris

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Farris
Seen from Gopledal vannverk
Location	Larvik (Vestfold); Siljan, Porsgrunn (Telemark)
Coordinates	59°9′59″N 9°52′36″E / 59.16639°N 9.87667°E / 59.16639; 9.87667Coordinates: 59°9′59″N 9°52′36″E / 59.16639°N 9.87667°E / 59.16639; 9.87667
Type	moraine-dammed lake
Basin countries	Norway

Surface area	21.80 km²
Shore length¹	107.07 km
Surface elevation	22 m

Islands	Bjørnøya
References	NVE
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Farris is a 20 km long fresh water moraine-dammed lake near the Norwegian coastal town Larvik. The lake would have been a salt water fjord had it not been dammed by an end moraine left by the latest ice age. Farris is drinking water reservoir for some 170,000 people. The largest island in the lake is Bjørnøya.

v t e Lakes in Sogn og Fjordane

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Lakes in Sør-Trøndelag

v t e Lakes in Telemark

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v t e Lakes in Troms

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v t e Lakes in Vest-Agder

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v t e Lakes in Vestfold

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Farris

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