Talvatissjön

Talvatissjön
Talvatissjön
	Reindeer racing on Talvatissjön, 2017
	Talvatissjön Talvatissjön
Location	Jokkmokk, Sweden
Coordinates	66°30′N 19°54′E / 66.500°N 19.900°E
Basin countries	Sweden
Surface area	01.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Surface elevation	240 m (790 ft)

Talvatissjön is a lake in the Jokkmokk Municipality in Lapland and is part of the Lule River's main catchment area. The lake has an area of 0.166 square kilometers and is 240 meters above sea level. The lake is dewatered by the watercourse Talvatissjöbäcken. It is adjacent to the town of Jokkmokk.^[1] The name comes from the Sami name of Lake Dálvvadisjávrasj, after Dálvvadis,^[1] the traditional Sami name of Jokkmokk, which is Sami for lake.

References

^ ^a ^b "Jokkmokk". Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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[sofi-1] "Jokkmokk". Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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