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where is norway?
norway is in scandinavia in northen europe it shares borders with sweden russia and finland
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describe norways landscape
it has mountinnes landscapewith deep water filled glacial valleys known as fjords.it has a number of cities like oslo,bergen and tromso
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what is the impact of glaciation in norway?
during the last ice age, Norway was entirley covered by an ice sheet. the ice sheet.

through plucking (ice freezing onto rocks and tearing them away from the mountain side), and

abrasion (sandpaper effect of the ice scouring the land as glaciers moved)
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what are the key three element to a glacial system
inputs:snowfall and avalanches (accumulation)

procceses:the actions of ice (mainly erosion)

outputs:( known as ablation):melting
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what are fjords?
steep side valleys carved out by glaciers and filled with lakes
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what are corries?
armchair shaped hollows in the side of a mountain
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what are u shaped valleys?
wide valleys that were once v shaped but changed into u shaped valleys as glaciers moved through them
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what are morraines?
material left by glaciers upon melting
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what is it like living in the artic circle/ Tromso
people suffer from seasonal sickness didorder

tourist season

international university- university of tromso

extreme weather- snow blizzard
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norways quality of life...
norway is considered a happy country because of access to education, good health care, natural landscape and equal rights
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were is svalvard archipelago
Svalbard archipelago, part of Norway, located in the Arctic Ocean well north of the Arctic Circle. The islands lie about 580 miles (930 km) north of Tromsø, Norway. The archipelago is composed of nine main islands. There are many challenges to life in Sva
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