Ormputten

The lake on a mid-June evening, 2012.
Ormputten
Basin countries Sweden
Surface area ~2500 m2
Max. depth 0.8 m
Shore length1 160 m
Surface elevation 81 m
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Ormputten is a pseudo-lake[1] in Södermanland, Sweden. It is slowly retracting, and may soon become a bog. The water surface is very small, fairly round in shape, surrounded by quagmire and strongly acidic with a pH of about 3.9.[2] The lake is situated in the Paradiset nature reserve, and requires a short hike through pathless terrain to access.

  1. ↑ By Swedish definitions, water surfaces smaller than 10 000 m2 are not lakes.
  2. ↑ http://www.natur.huddinge.se/sjoar/ormputten/ormputten.htm

Coordinates: 59°09′26″N 18°02′47″E / 59.15722°N 18.04639°E / 59.15722; 18.04639

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