Storsjön (Gästrikland)


Storsjön is a lake in Gävle Municipality and Sandviken Municipality in Gästrikland and is a part of Gavleån. Storsjön has an area of km², a greatest depth of, and is approximately metres above sea level. The lake is drained by Gavleån. Experimental fishing has proved that there are many different varieties of fish here, such as perch, bream, sea bream and ruffe.
An old saying says that the lake has "just as many islands as there are days in a year" which should not be interpreted literally, but simply means that they are too many to count. Storsjön is mostly around 2–5 metres in depth.
Old sources claim that Storsjön previously went by the name of Odensjön. This could possibly be proven by a 17th-century map where Gavleån, that flows through Gävle, is called Odensjöströmmen. Storsjön is connected to Gavleån, which is connected to the sea.

Fish

By experimental fishing, these fishes have been caught:
Water samples are taken at the following beaches in Storsjön:
Storsjön is a part of catchment area which the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute calls Utloppet av Storsjön. The median height is metres above sea level and the area is km². If all the 367 catchment areas are counted upstream the accumulated area would be km². The catchment area Gavleån flows into the sea. The catchment area mostly contains forest. The catchment area has km² of water surface, giving it a lake percentage of %. Settlements in the area contain the size of km², or 7% of the catchment area.