Drögen Explained

Drögen
Location:southern Sweden
Inflow:Drillaån
Pushpin Map:Sweden Östergötland
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of the lake within Östergötland county
Outflow:Jonsboån
Basin Countries:Sweden
Area:8.85km2
Max-Depth:c. 40m (130feet)
Shore:53.3km2
Elevation:155.2m (509.2feet)

Drögen is a lake in Kinda and Linköping municipalities, Östergötland County in southeastern Sweden. The lake lies in sparsely populated area and is mostly surrounded by forests. Common fish in the lake are Eurasian perch, northern pike, common bleak, vendace, burbot, tench, common bream and roach.[1] Occasionally European eel can be found while the local population of Arctic char (Swedish: storröding) has gone extinct.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drögens FVO . June 10, 2019 . ifiske.se . sv.
  2. Rydberg. Daniel . 2015 . Rödingrapport F-län: En sammanställning över storrödingens (Salvelinus umbla) situation i Jönköpings län. Länstyrensen i Jönköpings Län . sv . 1–198 . Medelande. 2015:38 . April 20, 2019 .