Geography of Norway

The geography of Norway is by mountain ranges, plateaus dominated (eg Hardangervidda ) and the fjords along the coastline, which are upstream about 150,000 islands. The area of Norway is 386,958 km ²; the Svalbard archipelago and the island of Jan Mayen make up 62.7 thousand km ² and 380 km ².

Confines

Norway is bordered by Sweden ( 1619 km ), Finland ( 736 km ), Russia ( 196 km), the Skagerrak and the Atlantic Ocean and extends over a distance of about 1700 km (north-south ) to the west of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The total length of the land border is 25,344 kilometers. The coastline extends over 21,925 km ( mainland 3419 kilometers, 2413 kilometers larger islands, small islands and fjord coastline 16,093 km ).

Mountains

Almost the entire surface of the Norwegian mainland is occupied by the mountain range of the Scandes. The highest peak in the country and the whole of Scandinavia are in the Jotunheimen mountains. As the highest mountain in the country applies the Galdhøpiggen with a height of 2469 m, but only since the top of the glacier has melted Glittertind by a few meters ( 2464m now ). In Norway, is located with the Jostedalsbreen the largest mainland glacier in Europe.

Glacier

There are on the territory of Norway 1627 Glacier ( breen ) and 2113 partial Glacier ( bre - enheter ), covering a total area of ​​2609 km ².

Fjords

The largest fjord of Sognefjord. Fjords are bays that were formed from the Ice Age by glaciers formed and later flooded by the sea valleys.

Population

The population is concentrated not only in the largest cities, but spread across the country, the south of Norway is more densely populated than the north.

Waters

17,900 km ² of the area of Norway is freshwater lakes. Norway's largest lake is the Mjøsa. It has an area of 365 km ². The Glomma is 601 km, the longest river in the country.

Climate

Despite its northern location, the climate in Norway is relatively mild because of the North Atlantic current runs along the coast.

Management

The kingdom is divided into 19 administrative districts of the continental " main land" ( hovedlandet ) and in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The smallest district is the capital Oslo. The districts (county ) in alphabetical order:

Akershus Aust -Agder Buskerud Finnmark Hedmark Hordaland More og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trøndelag, Oppland, Oslo, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane Sør- Trøndelag Telemark Troms Vest- Agder Vestfold Østfold.

Important Norwegian cities are ( according to size):

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