Norwegian Fjords

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Contents

• Description
• Formation
• Extreme fjords

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Description

• Once on the fjords of Norway, you can be
  sure that every moment of your stay here will be
  special. Inspiring ... incredible ...
  breathtaking
• spirit ... fantastic ... if you find a word
  to describe the fjords of Norway?
• What is a fjord? It bays in the rocks of
  glacial origin, formed millions of years ago as
  a result of melting and movement of
  glaciers. Each fjord is different unique
  landscape and the color of water. 

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• In the world of the most famous four fordovyh
  area, located on the west coast of
  Norway, Chile, South Island of New
  Zealand and North America from the Gulf of Puget
  Sound (pcs Washington) to Alaska. Fjords are also
  available on the shores of Scotland, Iceland, Gree
  nland, Peninsula Labrador, the state of
  Maine (USA) and some Arctic islands.

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• Due to its beauty and picturesque - from the
  water's towering cliffs, covered with dense
  vegetation, mountains, snow-capped peaks - fjords
  have earned interest from tourists all over the
  world.

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Formation

• Fjords are formed when a glacier cuts a
  U-shaped valley by abrasion of the
  surrounding bedrock.
• Many such valleys were formed during the
  recent ice age.
• Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of
  Earth's crust as the ice load and eroded sediment
  is removed.
• In some cases this rebound is faster than sea
  level rise.
• Most fjords are deeper than the adjacent
  sea Sognefjord, Norway, reaches as much as
  1,300 m below sea level.

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Extreme fjords

• The longest fjords in the world are
• Scoresby Sund in Greenland - 350 km (217 mi)
• Sognefjord in Norway - 203 km (126 mi)
• Limfjorden in Denmark - 180 km (112 mi)
• Hardangerfjord in Norway - 179 km (111 mi)
• Deep fjords include
• Skelton Inlet in Antarctica - 1,933 m (6,342 ft)
• Sognefjord in Norway - 1,308 m (4,291 ft) (the
  mountains then rise to up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft))
• Messier Channel in Chile - 1,288 m (4,226 ft)
• Even deeper is the Vanderford Valley (2,287 m
  (7,503 ft)), carved by Antarctica's Vanderford
  Glacier. This undersea valley lies offshore,
  however, and so is not a fjord.

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Killary Harbour, western Ireland

• Sognefjord in Norway, one of the longest in the
  world

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New Zealand's Milford Sound

• Tysfjord in Norway north of the Arctic circle is
  located in the boreal zone

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