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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915. Excerpt: ... THE SURFACE OP CENTRAL NORWAY WERNER WERENSKIOLD MOST of the foreign travelers who go to visit Norway are attracted by the grand scenery of the western coast; the snow-clad mountains, the great glaciers and the deep blue fiords are alike fascinating to the student of nature and the tourist. Less known is the southeastern part of the country, which is of prime importance in the economy and population of the kingdom.1 The land is here generally lower than on the western coast, where the mountains rise up to 4000-6000 feet above the fiords. The largest areas of arable land are also found in the southeastern part, partly due to the occurrence of (Silurian) slates and limestones, partly to the extensive cover of (Quaternary) sand and clay, up to an altitude of 600 feet in places. Though this part of Norway cannot present to the traveler the grand and striking scenery of other districts, it might perhaps still attract the interest of the geographer as well as that of the tourist. In the present paper I will mention some features of the surface of the inner central part of the southeastern slope of the peninsula, especially as found in the territory covered by the sheet "S. Fron" of our topographical map (Fig. 1). This sheet covers an area north of Christiania, lying between 61 30' and 61 50' N. The largest part of the surface here forms a great undulating plateau, at a level of about 3000 feet (Fig. 2); single hills, or groups of hills, and ridges rise above this plateau up to some 4500 feet, their relative height being about 1500 feet. In the plateau long and deep valleys are incised; the floor of the main valley of Gudbrandsdalen (in the southwestern corner of Fig. 1) is 850 feet above sea-level, i The value of the fisheries was $12,000,000 in 1910; of agricu...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150153167
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 154
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150153164
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 286 gr


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