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fiogf49gjkf0d NORWAY IS LOCATED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE SCANDINAVIAN
PENINSULA AND COVERS AN AREA OF 323,895 SQ KM MAKING IT
EUROPE'S FIFTH LARGEST NATION. HALF OF THE NORWEGIAN
TERRITORY LIES BELOW 500M; ONLY 15 PER CENT RISES OVER 975M.
THE HIGHEST PEAK, GALDHOPIGGEN, 2469M, LIES SOUTH IN THE
CALEDONIAN MOUNTAIN CHAIN. GLOMMA IS THE PRINCIPAL RIVER
AND LAKE MJOSA IS THE LARGEST LAKE WITH A SURFACE OF 235
SQ KM.
NORWAY CONTAINS OVER 1,700 GLACIERS. THE NORTHERN AND
WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE A FJORD COASTAL
LANDSCAPE. FOREST COVER A QUARTER OF THE LAND WITH ONLY
800,000 ARABLE HECTARES CONCENTRATED IN VALLEYS AND AROUND
LAKES AND FJORDS.
NORWAY IS BORDERED TO THE NORTH BY THE ARCTIC OCEAN, TO THE
EAST BY RUSSIA, FINLAND AND SWEDEN, TO THE SOUTH BY SKAGERRAK
AND TO THE WEST BY THE NORTH SEA.
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