The New International Encyclopædia/Vetter, Lake

VET′TER, or WETTER, Lake. A lake in Sweden, second in size to Vener (q.v.). It lies about 25 miles southeast of the latter, and 115 miles southwest of Stockholm (Map: Sweden, F 7). It is of elongated shape, with a length of 82 miles and a maximum breadth of about 14 miles, and has an area of 738 square miles. It occupies a deep inclosed valley whose bottom is below sea level, the altitude of the lake surface being 289 feet, and the depth of the water 390 feet. The shores are high, steep, and picturesque, and the water is remarkably clear. The lake receives no streams of much size, and is supposed to be fed by springs below the surface. Peculiar disturbances, such as rapid currents, sudden waves and eddies without apparent cause, and periodic fluctuations in the level, support this theory. The outlet of the lake is the Motala River, discharging eastward into the Baltic. This river has been canalized, and the Göta Canal connects the lake with Lake Vener, thus making it a link in the transpeninsular waterway. The chief town on Lake Vetter is Jönköping, near its southern extremity.