Albysjön (Botkyrka)
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The passing over Albysjön
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| Coordinates | 59°14′33.3″N 17°52′26.0″E / 59.242583°N 17.873889°ECoordinates: 59°14′33.3″N 17°52′26.0″E / 59.242583°N 17.873889°E |
| Primary inflows | Tullingesjön |
| Primary outflows | Vårbyfjärden |
| Catchment area | 84.1 km2 (32.5 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Sweden |
| Surface area | 118 ha (290 acres) |
| Average depth | 8.3 m (27 ft) |
| Max. depth | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Water volume | 9.7 km3 (2.3 cu mi) |
| Residence time | 0.5 year |
| Shore length1 | 6,470 m (21,230 ft) |
| Surface elevation | −0.16 m (−0.52 ft) |
| Settlements | Huddinge, Botkyrka |
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| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Albysjön (Swedish for "Lake Alby") is a lake forming part of Lake Mälaren. It separates Botkyrka Municipality and Huddinge Municipality in south-western , Sweden.
The lake, which is filling a geological fault, has steep cliffs along the western shore. To the north it connects to Vårbyfjärden through the narrow strait Fittja näset. It is an important recreational area for inhabitants in the neighbouring suburbs Alby, Vårby gård, and Myrstuguberget, as well as for a large number of other visitors attracted by the Flottsbro Open-air Area and its bath in the southern end of the lake.
Next to the bath in the southern end of the lake is the tallest ski slope in Stockholm together with Gömsta Äng Nature Reserve. Angling is free on the lake and very popular in summers, while jigging attracts many people in winters when ice cover allows. The Flottsbro Open-air Area offers walking tracks, restaurants, camping, and many other open-air facilities available throughout the year. In summers kayaks, canoes, Canadian canoes are available for rent.
Albysjön is rich in nutrients derived mostly from the surrounding catchment area. The lake receives stormwater discharge from a 6 km2 large area in Botkyrka and a 4 km2 area in Huddinge.
The aquatic flora composed of reed, common club-rush, flowering rush, yellow iris, greater water-parsnip, brooklime, bulbous rush, toad rush, eight-stamened waterwort, needle spike-rush, spring quillwort, amphibious bistort, pale persicaria, rigid hornwort, horned pondweed, perfoliate pondweed, blunt-leaved pondweed, grass-wrack pondweed, fennel pondweed, various-leaved pondweed, lesser pondweed, fan-leaved water-goosefoot, whorled water-milfoil, alternate water-milfoil, spiked water-milfoil, Canadian waterweed, Nuttall's waterweed, and common duckweed. There are stoneworts such as Chara delicatula and Nitella flexilis.
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