Farris is a lake on the border of Telemark and Vestfold counties in Norway . The 20-kilometre (12 mi) long freshwater moraine-dammed lake is located mostly in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold , but the northwestern part of the lake is located in Siljan Municipality and Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark . The large town of Larvik is located at the southern end of the lake.
2-435: The 21-square-kilometre (8.1 sq mi) lake would have been part of the saltwater Larviksfjorden , had it not been dammed by an end moraine left by the latest ice age . That moraine is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide, separating the lake from the sea. There is a short river that runs through the moraine which drains the lake into the fjord . The lake Farris is a drinking water reservoir for about 170,000 people in
4-456: The region. The largest island in the lake is Bjørnøya , located just east of the village of Kjose . The mineral water brand Farris is named after the lake. This Vestfold location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Telemark location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a lake in Norway
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