Storvindeln
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Storvindeln (Swedish: Storvindeln) is a lake in Sorsele, Västerbotten County, Lapland, Sweden. It is part of the Ume River catchment area and is flooded by the Vindel River.
The lake has a length of 50 km, an area of 52.1 km2, an average depth of 11.7 m, a maximum depth of 35.9 m, a volume of 0.614 km3, and an elevation of 341.1 m. It is flooded by the Vindel.
Along the lake there are high rocks rich in quartz. Jipmoque forms a wall 7 km long and 100 to 150 m high on the southwest side. Below the rocks are very large blocks that may have been shaken by the strong earthquakes that followed soon after the ice melted. On the northeast side of the lake there are whole series of boulders. Not far from Mount Hem, a stream crosses the edge of the lake and forms the Brudslöjan waterfall. At the western end of the lake is the Jillesnåle Chapel, a simple wooden building erected in the early 18th century.
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