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  Roxen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roxen is a medium-sized lake in south central Sweden, east of lake Vättern, part of the waterpath Motala ström and the Göta Canal.
South of lake Roxen is the city Linköping.
Roxen, especially the eastern parts, is very good for bird watching.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roxen   (84 words)

  
 River Dialogue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The total drainage area from Lake Vättern in the west to the bay of Bråviken in the east encompasses approximately 15.500 km2.
The area of the eastern shore of Lake Vättern is heterogeneous, with forests and cultivated land.
The lake is central in terms of the outflow area of Motala River since it receives water from three big streams; the main stream of the Motala River, Svartån and Stångån.
www.riverdialogue.org /index.php?mid=area   (1183 words)

  
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The river flows out of the southern extremity of the lake almost due south to the Cattegat, which it enters by two arms enclosing the island of Hisingen, the eastern forming the harbour and bearing the heavy sea-traffic of the port of Gothenburg.
The eastern canal continues eastward from this point, and a descent is followed through five locks to Lake Boren, after which the canal, carried still at a considerable elevation, overlooks a rich and beautiful plain.
Passing Lake AsplAngen, the canal follows a cut through steep rocks, and then resumes an elevated course to the old town of Soderkoping, after which the Baltic is reached at Mem.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=29166&locale=en   (436 words)

  
 Lake Vanern and the Gota Canal : Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Göta Canal is composed of a series of artificial canals, lakes, and rivers connected by a series of 65 locks (the highest is more than 90m/295 ft. above sea level), and the 4-day cruise makes four or five stops along the way.
This lake is famous for its beauty and translucent water.
From Linköping, boats enter Lake Roxen and continue their journey northeast by canal to Slätbaken, a fjord that stretches to the sea.
www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=3248&catID=3248010029   (891 words)

  
 Does Roxen Rock the Open Source World?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Roxen WebServer has been around long enough to have three iterations of names: Spinner, Roxen Challenger, and now Roxen WebServer (for trivia buffs: Roxen is a lake in Sweden).
Roxen is highly modular in design, and configuration largely consists of choosing which modules and features to enable.
Roxen has done a good job of organizing access to the community, and it is definitely much less overwhelming to deal with a community this size than those of other open source monsters like Mozilla and Apache.
www.serverwatch.com /stypes/servers/print.php/1300211   (1016 words)

  
 List of lakes - Simple English Wikipedia
Lake Geneva (France, Switzerland; Lac Léman or Lac de Genève)
Lake Mamry (Jezioro Mamry in Mazury lake district)
Lake Sniardwy (Jezioro Sniardwy in Mazury lake district)
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_lakes   (182 words)

  
 Roxen webserver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roxen is a free software web server produced by Roxen Internet Software, a company based in Linköping, Sweden and named after the nearby lake Roxen.
It is released under the GNU General Public License.
Roxen Community - Roxen Web Server development site
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roxen_webserver   (74 words)

  
 Roxen Community:
Roxen is a lake just outside the city of Linköping.
It is estimated that the cormorants alone eats 1.5 tons of fish out of the lake every day.
Roxen Platform is the name of a collection of Internet tools made by Roxen IS. Roxen Platform includes Roxen WebServer, Roxen SiteBuilder, Roxen Intraseek and Roxen LogView.
community.roxen.com /learn/about_roxen.html   (192 words)

  
 Lake Roxen / Lake Asplang / Soderkoping, Sweden
Lake Roxen / Lake Asplang / Soderkoping, Sweden
Then follows a stretch of 26km/16mi through Lake Roxen (alt.
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www.planetware.com /stockholm/lake-roxen-lake-asplang-soderkoping-s-ost-lrlas.htm   (72 words)

  
 The Annotated Ramsar List: Sweden
The lake is of international importance for staging Grus grus (5,000 birds in spring and 2,000 in autumn) and Philomachus pugnax (1,000), and supports an interesting range of breeding waterbirds.
Originating as a series of lakes in hilly landscape, the peat bog is thought to have been completely formed around 4000 B.C.; the ground is now flat and precipitation is high, thus wide soaks are common and there is a large pool system that is unusual for this part of the country.
The western part of Lake Roxen and lower parts of three main rivers, the site consists of freshwater areas and adjacent shore meadows, pastures, and marsh-meadows, large parts of which are well managed by grazing and haymaking.
www.ramsar.org /profile/profiles_sweden.htm   (4732 words)

  
 Travel to Sweden
Lake Vänern is the third largest lake in Europe, after the Ladoga and Onega lakes in Russia.
The beautiful Lake Viken (91.8 metres above sea level) serves as a water reservoir for the western section of the Göta Canal.
The Castle was built in 1298 as a bishop's residence.
www.cruisescandinavia.com /gotacanal4-days.html   (1920 words)

  
 Elderhostel : Program Detail - Overview and Description
Lidköping, on the eastern shore of Lake Vänern, is renowned for its porcelain.
The province of Ostergötland lies east of Lake Vättern and extends to the Baltic Sea.
A city of 1.4 million inhabitants, built on 14 islands in Lake Mälaren, Stockholm marks the beginning of an archipelago of 24,000 islands, skerries and islets stretching to the Baltic Sea.
www.elderhostel.org /programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1-P1DX   (1024 words)

  
 Stars & Stripes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
On the lake’s far side, we cut a path between the birch and pines to the town of Norsholm at the top of Lake Roxen.
Across Lake Roxen at Berg, we entered a spectacular series of locks, seven in a staircase, 15 in all over a two-mile stretch, and we found great photo opportunities as our ship climbed 59 feet up through the locks.
On day three, we entered Lake Boren, but not before the captain sounded a blast on the ship’s horn and a fiddler in his 90s popped out of his house and followed us along the canal for a bit, serenading us on his violin.
www.stripes.com /article.asp?section=103&article=22863&archive=true   (1616 words)

  
 Lake Boren, Sweden
On the north bank of the Göta Canal can be seen the tomb of Baron von Platen who died in 1829 before the canal was completed.
74m/243ft), and the boat continues across the lake to reach Borensberg at its east end in the early morning.
Over the next 22.2km/14mi, until the canal enters Lake Roxen at Berg (alt.
www.planetware.com /stockholm/lake-boren-s-ost-labo.htm   (110 words)

  
 Östergötland
The region kept its own laws Östgötalagen, into the medieval times and the unification of Sweden.
Traditionally, the region is divided into two halfs, east and west of the river Stångån[?], which flows from the south into lake Roxen[?] at Linköping.
The eastern part of Göta canal traverses the province from the Baltic sea at Mem[?] to lake Vättern at Motala.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/os/Ostergotland.html   (238 words)

  
 Sights and Attractions in Östergötland: Boat Tours
The canal was finished in 1871 and stretches from the lake Roxen, north of Linköping, to the lake Åsunden, 80 km south.
On the canal you can travel from the entrance in the Baltic Sea, through the countryside of Östergötland and the water of Vättern to the biggest lake of Sweden, Vänern.
The total length of the channel is 190 km and it includes 58 locks.
www.sverigeturism.se /smorgasbord/smorgasbord/provincial/ostergotland/sights/boat.html   (91 words)

  
 Götakanalrännet - Långfärdsskridskolopp på Göta Kanal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The long-distance skaters’ favourite track: Göta Canal and parts of Lake Roxen is the place for this exercise skate race.
This equipment is compulsory for those who intend to skate on the ice of Lake Roxen.
This is important on the ice of Lake Roxen.
www.gotakanalrannet.se /information_eng.htm   (358 words)

  
 Eastern Gota Canal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The lock to the lake has less than a metre drop, and you simply hang on to ropes on the lock side.
One of the two major lock staircases of nine locks occurs immediately leaving Lake Roxen at Berg.
Berg Lower 'marina', accessible from the lake, consists of a number of stern bouys and a quay, little else - the nearest facilities are at the top of the flight.
www.kissen.co.uk /easterngota.asp   (971 words)

  
 Göta Canal - Canal facts for pleasure boats
The Göta Canal stretches between Sjötorp on Lake Vänern and Mem at the Baltic, with 58 locks along the way.
The total length of the canal is 190 km, of which 87 km are man-made.
Complementet by charts 133 and 135 of Lake Vänern and 1351 of the Trollhätte Canal.
www.vastsverige.com /templates/article____5315.aspx   (234 words)

  
 Svartån, river in Österötland and Småland
Svartån originates in northern Småland just south of lake Sjunnarydssjön located between Eksjö and Nässjö, on its way north it flows through lake Hamnarydssjön, Anneberga, lake Vässledasjön, lake Flisbysjön, lake Anebysjön, Aneby, lake Ralången, lake Säbysjön, Tranås, lake Sommen, lake Andersbosjön, Boxholm, Mjölby, lake Mjölorpesjön and finally flows out into the lake Roxen.
In connection to lake Sommen there are population of upstream and downstream spawning trout.
The stretch are famous for the nice fishing for Chubb and rudd, but also hold nice populations of perch, bream, pike, eel and tench.
www.cinclusc.com /spfguide/eng/water/svartan.htm   (171 words)

  
 Ramsar site: Västra Roxen - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
it is a representative example of near-natural wetland type (freshwater lake and connecting rivers) in the EU Boreal region
The shallow, highly productive lake is surrounded by a flat, agricultural landscape.
It has adjacent shoreline meadows, pastures and marsh-meadows, which to a large part are well managed by grazing and/or haymaking.
www.internat.naturvardsverket.se /documents/nature/eramsar/omraden/roxen_e.htm   (318 words)

  
 GOTA - Online Information article about GOTA
shooting preserves) Lake Vener is reached at Venersborg.
The eastern canal continues eastward from this point, and a descent is followed through five locks to Lake Boren, after which the canal, carried still at a considerable See also:
Passing Lake AsplAngen, the canal follows a cut through steep rocks, and then resumes an elevated course to the old See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GOTA.html   (584 words)

  
 Student Theses from Linköping University: 4206 - Flood Impact Analysis using GIS : A case study for Lake Roxen and ...
The thesis tries to analyze impact of flood on environment along the demarcated flood prone areas of Lake Roxen and Lake Glan in Östergötland County, Sweden.
Using map overlay analysis in GIS software (ArcGIS); flood prone areas and topographic data along Lake Roxen and Lake Glan were digitized from PDF maps.
Thus, the thesis work is an effort to analyze impact of flood when areas along Lake Roxen and Lake Glan are flooded.
www.diva-portal.org /liu/undergraduate/abstract.xsql?dbid=4206   (450 words)

  
 Occurrence - Search Result   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Lake Mälaren at Upplands Väsby, near Munkholmen Island at about 4 m depth between the boat lane, beach, and harbour
Lake Mälaren basin: Arbogaån River drainage, Lake Väringen
Lake Mälaren basin: Sävjaån river subdrainage, Lake Funbosjön
www.fishbase.org /museum/GenusOccurrenceList.cfm?genus=Aspius   (298 words)

  
 Macchi M 7
A simple base for the Macchis was established at lake Roxen, adjacent to Malmen and the city of Linköping.
Lieutenant Nils Kindberg flew this aircraft, in bad weather conditions, on a tour to Finland and Estonia and happily returned to Roxen.
This aeroplane (photo) is preserved and now residing in the Swedish Airforce Museum, Malmslätt, being the only survivor in the world.
www.avrosys.nu /aircraft/Flygkomp/24M7.htm   (241 words)

  
 Göta Canal - Kinda Canal
All locks are controlled by hand by the lock guards, as they have been since the canal was built in the 1860s and 1870s.The tempo and rhythm is thus quiet and relaxed.The trip takes you through 5 lakes and 15 locks as you pass castles,country manors and small villages.
The Kinda Canal is worth a trip on its own, regardless of whether you are travelling on your own pleasure boat,by country road or as a guest on a passenger boat.
A few days in the south of Östergötland on theb idyllic Kinda Canal and lake system is an unforgettable experience.
www.vastsverige.com /templates/article____5488.aspx   (565 words)

  
 Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As you may know, evenings around Midsummer are quite light here in Sweden, so I had no difficulties to fulfill my 48 kilometers.
But yesterday, on Friday 4/7, the weather was better around Linköping at least, so I did my second round for the VBT in the afternoon.
This time I biked round Lake Roxen, right north of Linköping.
www.teamsarcoma.org /Danish_Virtual_Bike_Tour/sweden.htm   (396 words)

  
 K & W Model Airplanes Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Five units found their way to Sweden and were based at Malmslätt, near the city of Linköping.
The nearby lake Roxen, provided the base for these airplanes.
They were used extensively and were retired in 1935.
www.kwmairpl.com.ph /KWDownloadPage.asp?Manual=RC-16SW&Lang=English   (144 words)

  
 Kinda Kajak - Our waters
The lakes have many small islands in general, most of them with wonderful smooth rocks polished through year thousends by the ice.
Adjacent lakes - Roxen in north and Stora Rängen in south
Adjacent lakes - Järnlunden in north, South Åsunden in south and Ämmern in east.
www.kindakajak.se /vattendrag_e.htm   (361 words)

  
 Sim1 travels overview, The Great Lakes area of Sweden
These locks raise or lower the boats 18.8 metres between Lake Roxen and the Berg guest-harbour.
The canal stretches from Mem at the east coast to Sjötorp on Lake Vänern and has in total 58 locks.
Berg is located north of the city of Linköping, at the westside of Lake Roxen.
hem.bredband.net /sim1/swe/lakes/lakes_01.html   (1495 words)

  
 Five Stars GOTA CANAL CRUISE | Göta Canal - Two Seas - one River - three Canals - eight Lakes - sixty-five Locks - ...
Lake Viken is the highest point of the Göta Canal — 91 meters above sea level.
We steer through two narrow, woody and very scenic passages and small lakes with water lilies.
Karlsborg Fortress was built at the same time as the canal.
www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/12863.html   (1170 words)

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