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Kingdom of Norway

Kingdom of Norway. Kongeriket Noreg. Svalbard. Nordkapp. Arctic circle. Stavanger. Oslo. Norway Constitutional Monarchy Monarch: Harald VII Capital: Oslo Population: 4.8 million. Physical geography of Norway.

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Kingdom of Norway

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  1. Kingdom of Norway Kongeriket Noreg

  2. Svalbard Nordkapp Arctic circle Stavanger Oslo Norway Constitutional Monarchy Monarch: Harald VII Capital: Oslo Population: 4.8 million

  3. Physical geography of Norway • Norway consists of the mainland, parts of Antarctica, Svalbard and several hundred over-seas territories in the Arctic Zone • Kingdom of Norway: 400 000 square kilometres • Norwegian Domain: 8 million square kilometres • More than 50 000 islands around the mainland • 70% of the country consists of mountains • 10% consists of water

  4. Queen Maud Land

  5. Roald Amundsen and Eirik Haraldsen from the Royal Norwegian expedition to the South Pole in 1912

  6. Big differences in elevation • Densely populated and fertile pockets of flat land • There are very big distances, and travelling takes more time because of the landscape

  7. Biomes • In general humid sub-arctic • Mountains • Glaciers • Grasslands • Mountain forests • Boreal forest • Water/fjords

  8. Use of land in Norway

  9. Climate • Norway is an arctic country relying on the gulf stream • Average temperature: 4 °C • Long winters, short summers • High amount of precipitation • Coastal climate – Continental climate

  10. Energy and electricity • Norway is the biggest producer of hydroelectricity in Europe • Norway is the second biggest producer of renewable energy in general in Europe • 99% hydroelectricity • Biological waste treatment, tidal power, wave power, thermal energy • Norway produce twice the amount of electricity as its population consumes

  11. Consumption and production of electricity Billions of kWh

  12. PetroleumGlobal extraction of crude oil by country in percentage

  13. Environmental issues • Acid rain; 90% originates from external sources; Russia, Germany and Poland • Radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident in 1986 • Over fishery; Spain, Portugal, Greece and Russia • Increasing amount of mercury in the fjords • Global warming

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