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417:Baltic Sea
405:Gothenburg
267:References
196:Max. depth
46:Kinnekulle
44:View from
1441:Hjälmaren
1437:1,140 km²
1431:1,893 km²
1425:5,648 km²
1222:: 19–40.
1142:April 14,
1102:(US) and
1085:April 14,
1054:April 14,
848:whitefish
748:Halleberg
714:Lidköping
710:Mariestad
702:chartered
671:Norsälven
655:Klarälven
632:Dalbosjön
613:sea level
589:Geography
583:Earnaness
508:Degerfors
457:Paleozoic
441:Trøndelag
433:Klarälven
256:Kållandsö
143:Klarälven
1475:Uddjaure
1469:Hornavan
1457:Orsasjön
1447:Storsjön
1356:Fishbase
1130:"Vänern"
1105:"Vänern"
1100:"Vänern"
1070:"Vänern"
1042:"Vänern"
942:See also
786:plankton
775:nitrogen
732:(1916).
724:(1643),
720:(1644),
712:(1583),
708:(1642),
698:Karlstad
694:Kattegat
690:Göta älv
675:Göta älv
659:Karlstad
644:Värmland
636:Dalsland
628:Svealand
624:Götaland
520:amphipod
512:Värmland
494:and the
492:Kattegat
437:Karlstad
409:Kattegat
407:and the
403:towards
401:Göta älv
393:Värmland
389:Dalsland
360:Swedish:
157:Göta älv
1484:184 km²
1477:210 km²
1471:252 km²
1465:330 km²
1459:354 km²
1449:464 km²
1443:484 km²
1435:Mälaren
1429:Vättern
1301:Beowulf
1224:Bibcode
814:vendace
716:(1446)
683:Vättern
667:Byälven
579:Beowulf
574:Beowulf
558:Zealand
546:Mälaren
538:in his
516:Vättern
451:History
429:Vättern
252:Hammarö
235:Islands
110:13°30′E
107:58°55′N
1482:Bolmen
1453:Siljan
1423:Vänern
996:
833:zander
831:) and
726:Säffle
560:. The
554:Gefjon
459:-aged
445:Norway
391:, and
377:Ladoga
375:after
369:Sweden
276:Vänern
248:Fågelö
240:Brommö
170:Sweden
72:Vänern
33:Vänern
1186:(PDF)
922:gulls
918:terns
904:Birds
806:smelt
771:algae
577:. In
550:Gylfi
381:Onega
321:also
312:-nərn
244:Djurö
164:Basin
1144:2019
1087:2019
1056:2019
1028:2021
994:ISBN
920:and
792:Fish
722:Åmål
669:and
626:and
567:The
527:. A
379:and
355:-ərn
260:Lurö
1232:doi
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443:in
353:VEN
310:VAY
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