NORWAY GRACE WILLIAMS
LOCATION OF NORWAY Relative location The relative location of Norway is north of Italy and east of Hungary 47 degrees north and 13 degrees And Norway is in the northern hemisphere
absolute location Noway is 62 degrees north and 10 degrees east 62' 0" / 10째 0' 0" E
Region • The capitol of Norway is Oslo
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Other main places are Bodo, Alesund ,Bergen ,Hammerfest
HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION • In Norway they do lots of fishing and they export it too the rest of the world. There might be no fish there soon. •
Norway is exposed too pollution, radio activity and acid rain these are pushed into Norway from different countries by the wind and the oceans currents
LANDFORMS
Glacier in Norway!!! Before the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago, Norway was covered by a thick ice sheet. When that ice melted its movement across the land formed islands, lakes, rivers and mountains. It also created deep valleys that filled with sea water forming Norway's fjords.
Oreikestolen this is a tourist attraction many go there for the wonderful view. It’s made from a glacier which moved very slowly though the Mountains causing valleys
Human characteristics This is made of sculpting human body's and adding them together this attraction is in Oslo Norway King Harold Queen Sonja Norway's present leaders
HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS CONT. •
The food in Norway The Norwegians eat lots of fish, even for breakfast. They also eat meatballs
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The language in Norway Over 99% of people in Norway speak there official language which is Norwegian
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The leaders in Norway
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Norway has a king and queen witch is kind of like a monarchy government
Norway's food this is dinner
Norway uses krone about 5 krone go into I dollar
Movement This is Norway during winter and in the middle of the day
This is Norway during mid night in the summer
• People move away from Norway because in the winter it is very dark for many hours of the day because they are in the far northern hemisphere. People can get depressed in winter and the winter is very long. • People could also move for work, college and school. • People move into Norway cause they have a very high stranded of living
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NORWAY
Norway is know of the land of the mid night sun because between mid may too the end of June the sun never sets The paper clip was invented in 1899 by Johan vaaler a Norwegian The Black Norwegian Elkhound is originally from Norway
Norway hosts the Nobel peace prize Norway is home to the Northern Lights
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