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The wildlife of Norway includes the diverse flora and fauna of Norway. The habitats include high mountains, tundras, rivers, lakes, wetlands, sea coast and some lower cultivated land in the south. Mainland Norway has a long coastline, protected by skerries and much dissected by fjords, and the mostly-icebound archipelago of Svalbard lies
Map of national parks in 2018 National parks (green), nature reserves (purple), geotope protection areas (orange) and bird sanctuaries of Svalbard Norway has 48 national parks, of which 41 are on the mainland and 7 on Svalbard. National parks in Norway are stricter than many other countries, and nearly all motorized vehicles are prohibited. The Right to roam applies, thus hiking, skiing and ...
1 Mainland Norway. Toggle Mainland Norway subsection. 1.1 Taiga. 1.2 Temperate coniferous forests. 1.3 Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. 1.4 Tundra. 2 Svalbard.
In February 2020, Secrets of the Ice Program researchers discovered a 1,500-year-old Viking arrowhead dating back to the Germanic Iron Age and locked in a glacier in southern Norway caused by the climate change in the Jotunheimen Mountains. The arrowhead made of iron was revealed with its cracked wooden shaft and a feather, is 17 cm long and ...
The treeline in Norway is currently moving upwards on average by 0.5 - 1 m altitude each year, with more in some areas. The highest altitude tree in Norway in 2019 was a mountain birch growing at 1,404 m ASL in Jotunheimen. [7] The 1991-2020 temperature normal is significantly warmer than the 1961-1990 normal for all of Scandinavia.
3.3% of Norway's land is considered arable land, with 0% of it used for permanent crops and permanent pastures. [citation needed] A 1993 estimate assessed Norway's irrigated land at about 970 km 2 (370 sq mi). [citation needed] 38% of land area is covered by forests; 21% by conifer forest, and 17% by deciduous forest. [25]
Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis; Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus; North-western water vole, Arvicola terrestris; Grey red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus; Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus
Protected areas of Norway include: National parks of Norway; Category:Nature_reserves_in_Norway; About 17 percent of the mainland of Norway is protected. Of this, ca. 8.3 percent is national parks, 1.3 percent is nature reserves and 4.7 percent otherwise protected. [1] IUCN aims to protect at least 15 percent of all types of nature.