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  2. Coastline of Norway - Wikipedia

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    Much of Norway's wealth is linked to its long coastline; for example, the petroleum industry, maritime transport, fishing, and fish farming. The Norwegian landscape was formed by glaciers that eroded the basement rock and formed countless valleys and fjords, as well as the characteristic skerries that protect the land from the ocean along most ...

  3. List of national parks of Norway - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Mountain ranges of Norway - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of current mountaineering and walking guidebooks in print in English. A. Dyer et al. "Walks and Scrambles in Norway", ISBN 1-904466-25-7 . Ed Webster "Climbing in the Magic Islands", ISBN 82-993199-0-0 .

  5. West Norwegian Fjords - Wikipedia

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    The World Heritage Site consists of two areas 120 km apart, located in south-west Norway, north-west of the city of Bergen, and part of the fjord landscape of western Norway extending over 500 km between Stavanger in the south and Åndalsnes in the north.

  6. Protected areas of Norway - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of World Heritage Sites in Norway - Wikipedia

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    The cultural landscape includes fishing villages, quays, warehouses, farming landscapes, lighthouses, and beacons. [12] Struve Geodetic Arc* Finnmark: 2005 1187; ii, iii, vi (cultural) The Struve Geodetic Arc is a series of triangulation points, stretching over a distance of 2,820 kilometres (1,750 mi) from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea.

  8. Scandinavian montane birch forest and grasslands - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Lyngen Alps - Wikipedia

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    The Lyngen Alps Landscape Reserve (Norwegian: Lyngsalpan landskapsvernområde) was established by the King of Norway on 20 February 2004 to protect one of Norway's characteristic mountain areas, which includes glaciers, moraines, valleys, and geological deposits, with biodiversity, cultural monuments, and cultural influences that characterize ...

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