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El lago Mälar o Mälaren (literalmente, "el Mälar") es un gran lago de Suecia, ubicado en la región histórica de Svealand o Tierra de los Svear. Es el tercero más grande del país después de los de Vänern y Vättern. Ocupa un área de 1140 km² y tiene una profundidad máxima de 76 m.
- Europa septentrional
- 59°30′N 17°12′E / 59.5, 17.2
- Norrström basin
- Península escandinava
El lago Mälar o Mälaren (literalmente, "el Mälar") es un gran lago de Suecia, ubicado en la región histórica de Svealand o Tierra de los Svear. Es el tercero más grande del país después de los de Vänern y Vättern. Ocupa un área de 1140 km² y tiene una profundidad máxima de 76 m.
Mälaren (pronúncia), Mälare [1] ou Malar é o terceiro maior lago da Suécia, após o Vänern e o Vättern. Tem uma área de cerca de 1074 km², com um comprimento máximo de 120 km e uma largura máxima de 65 km. A sua profundidade média é de 13 m e a profundidade máxima 66 metros. [2] [3] [4] [5]
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The etymological origin of the name Mälaren stems from the Old Norse word mælir appearing in historical records in the 1320s and meaning gravel. The lake was previously known as Lǫgrinn, which is Old Norsefor "The Lake".
By the end of the last ice age about 11,000 years ago, much of northern Europe and North America was covered by ice sheets up to 3 km thick. At the end of the ice age when the glaciers retreated, the removal of the weight from the depressed land led to a post-glacial rebound. Initially the rebound was rapid, proceeding at about 7.5 cm/year. This ph...
According to Norse mythology as contained in the thirteenth-century Icelandic work Prose Edda, the lake was created by the goddess Gefjon when she tricked Gylfi, the Swedish king of Gylfaginning. Gylfi promised Gefjon as much land as four oxen could plough in a day and a night, but she used oxen from the land of the giants, and moreover uprooted th...
The most common nesting birds on the skerries of Mälaren are also the most common in the Baltic Sea. After a survey in 2005, the ten most common species were found to be common tern, herring gull, black-headed gull, common gull, mallard, tufted duck, Canada goose, common goldeneye, lesser black-backed gull and common sandpiper. White-tailed eagle, ...
From the mid 17th century onwards, multiple expeditions to measure and map L. Mälaren were undertaken. The lake was strategically and economically important, and there was a lack of a reliable map to navigate it. However, L. Mälaren’s many islands and bays made it an extensive and laborious task to measure. In 1687, King Charles XI of Sweden commis...
Mälardrottningen (Lake Mälar Queen) is a poetic name for Stockholmwell known in Swedish literature.Utter Inn, an underwater hotel designed by the artist Mikael Genberg, is in the lake.The area around the lake hosted the cycling events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.Lake Mälaren, lake in eastern Sweden, located just west of Stockholm, which lies at the lake’s junction with Salt Bay, an arm of the Baltic Sea. At one time Lake Mälaren was a bay of the Baltic, and seagoing vessels using it were able to sail far into the interior of Sweden.
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Hace 2 días · Real sitio de Drottningholm. Situado en una isla del lago Mälar, en los alrededores de Estocolmo, el real sitio de Drottningholm, con su palacio, su teatro del año 1766 admirablemente conservado, su pabellón chino y sus jardines, es el ejemplo más espléndido de residencia real de la Europa Septentrional del siglo XVIII inspirada ...
Lago Malar o Mälaren (literalmente, "el Mälar"). Es un gran lago de Suecia, ubicado en la zona de Svealand o Tierra de los Svear. Es el tercero más grande del país después de los de Vänern y Vättern. Ocupa un área de 1.140 km² y tiene una profundidad máxima de 76 m.
