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Norway Geography 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/norway/norway_geography.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Location Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden Geographic coordinates 62 00 N, 10 00 E Map references Europe Area
Area - comparative slightly larger than New Mexico Land boundaries
Coastline 21,925 km (includes mainland 3,419 km, large islands 2,413 km, long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 16,093 km) Maritime claims
Climate temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior; rainy year-round on west coast Terrain glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north Elevation extremes
Natural resources petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower Land use
Irrigated land 970 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards NA Environment - current issues water pollution; acid rain damaging forests and adversely affecting lakes, threatening fish stocks; air pollution from vehicle emissions Environment - international agreements
Geography - note
about two-thirds mountains; some 50,000 islands off its much indented
coastline; strategic location adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North
Atlantic; one of most rugged and longest coastlines in world; Norway only
NATO member having a land boundary with Russia
NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway Geography 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway Geography 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |