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2 days ago · The only other long river is the 224-mile- (360-km-) long Tana-Anarjåkka, which runs northeast along part of the border with Finland. Norway has about 65,000 lakes with surface areas of at least 4 acres (1.5 hectares). By far the largest is Mjøsa, which is 50 miles (80 km) north of Oslo on the Lågen River (a tributary of the Glåma). Soils
- Economic Conditions
Norway had at the same time many major problems to resolve...
- Climate
Norway - Arctic, Fjords, Coastal: Although it occupies...
- Earliest Peoples
Norway - Vikings, Fjords, Sami: Between 3000 and 2500 bce...
- Fishing, Forestry, Agriculture
Norway - Fishing, Forestry, Agriculture: By the beginning of...
- World War II
Norway - WWII Occupation, Resistance, Liberation: With the...
- The Treaty of Kiel
Norway - Treaty of Kiel, Union, Scandinavia: Swedish foreign...
- Union With Sweden
Norway - Fjords, Vikings, Arctic: Haakon’s successor was...
- Postwar Foreign Policy
Norway - Arctic, NATO, Oil: When the antagonisms between the...
- Economic Conditions
1 day ago · Svalbard ( / ˈsvɑːlbɑːr ( d )/ SVAHL-bar (d), [4] Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr] ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81 ...
3 days ago · Other rivers such as the Danube have major tributaries flowing into them that originate in the Alps. [16] The Rhône is second to the Nile as a freshwater source to the Mediterranean Sea; the river begins as glacial meltwater, flows into Lake Geneva , and from there to France where one of its uses is to cool nuclear power plants. [68]
5 days ago · Oslo – Røros – Trondheim – Kristiansund – Alesund by public transport. Ten Days to Two Weeks in Norway Itineraries. Bergen – Aurland – Balestrand – Fjærland – Jotunheimen – Geiranger – Trollstigen – Ålesund – Hjørundfjord – Stryn – Bergen. Røros – Trondheim – Kristiansund – Atlantic Ocean Road – Molde ...
3 days ago · Two major rivers, the Otra and the Tovdalselva, flow into the Skagerrak at Kristiansand. Climate. Kristiansand has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb). The coastal parts of the Skagerrak coast, which includes Kristiansand, is the sunniest part of Norway.
5 days ago · Night view of Oslo's city hall (left) and harbour. Oslo, capital and largest city of Norway. It lies at the head of Oslo Fjord in the southeastern part of the country. The original site of Oslo was east of the Aker River. The city was founded by King Harald Hardraade about 1050, and about 1300 the Akershus fortress was built by Haakon V.
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5 days ago · Himalayas - Rivers, Glaciers, Peaks: The Himalayas are drained by 19 major rivers, of which the Indus and the Brahmaputra are the largest, each having catchment basins in the mountains of about 100,000 square miles (260,000 square km) in extent. Five of the 19 rivers, with a total catchment area of about 51,000 square miles (132,000 square km), belong to the Indus system—the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej—and collectively define the vast region divided between ...
