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priscilla 1Nordland
July 13th 2011 02:21
Ballstad in Lofoten
Nordland is located along the northwestern coast of the Scandinavian peninsula in North Norway. Due to the large distance to the densely populated parts of Europe, this is one of the least polluted areas in Europe. Nordland extends about 500 km from Nord-Trøndelag to Troms.
The majority of the population is located at the Strandflaten lowland. Berg in Sømna.
Nordland has a rugged coastline, with many fjords. The best-known is perhaps Vestfjord, which is not really a fjord, but an open stretch of sea between the Lofoten island group and the mainland. The Raftsundet strait, with its famous branch Trollfjord, is the shortest waterway connecting Lofoten and Vesterålen. The continental shelf is very narrow west of Andenes, nowhere else in Norway is the deep ocean only a few miles from shore.
Stetind towering over a branch of Tysfjord; voted Norways national mountain.
The largest rivers follows the longest inland valleys. Ranelva at the confluence with Langvassåga, Rana.
Nordland has one of the most productive seas in the world providing food all year since ancient times, the same sea creates a climate more moderate than any other place in the arctic.
Bluish light in the mountains just before 15:00 in mid-January
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Nordland.
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