Wener

Wener, LAKE (Vener), the largest lake in the Scandinavian peninsula, and after the lakes Ladoga and Onega in Russia the largest in Europe, is situated in the south-west of Sweden, and separated by a comparatively narrow strip of land (nearly 20 miles wide) from the fiords of the Cattegat. It is nearly 100 miles in length, 50 miles in greatest breadth, and 300 feet in greatest depth, and lies 150 feet above sea-level; area, 2408 sq. m. From the north shore a peninsula extends southward into the middle of the lake; and from the southern shore a peninsula extends northward to within about 15 miles of the point of the northern peninsula; the portion of the lake lying to the west of these peninsulas receives the name of Dalbo Lake. Of the numerous rivers that feed the lake the chief is the Klar, from the north, and its surplus waters are discharged into the Cattegat by the river Göta. It is connected by a canal with Lake Wetter, by means of which and the Göta Canal, Lake Roxen, &c. inland communication is established between the Cattegat and the Baltic Sea. The lake is rich in fish; it is often visited by sudden gusts of wind, and is in many places too shallow for navigation. There are many islands.