Geography (Norway)
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     Total area:
         324,220 km2
     Land area:
         307,860 km2
     Comparative area:
         slightly larger than New Mexico
     Land boundaries:
         2,515 km total; Finland 729 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 167 km
     Coastline:
         21,925 km; includes mainland 3,419 km, large islands 2,413 km, long fjords,
         numerous small islands, and minor indentations 16,093 km
     Maritime claims:
       Contiguous zone:
         10 nm
       Continental shelf:
         to depth of exploitation
       Exclusive economic zone:
         200 nm
       Territorial sea:
         4 nm
     Disputes:
         territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land); Denmark has challenged
         Norway's maritime claims between Greenland and Jan Mayen; maritime boundary
         dispute with Russia over portion of Barents Sea
     Climate:
         temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior;
         rainy year-round on west coast
     Terrain:
         glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile
         valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords;
         arctic tundra in north
     Natural resources:
         crude oil, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish,
         timber, hydropower
     Land use:
         arable land 3%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures NEGL%; forest and
         woodland 27%; other 70%; includes irrigated NEGL%
     Environment:
         air and water pollution; acid rain; note - strategic location adjacent to
         sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic; one of most rugged and longest
         coastlines in world; Norway and Turkey only NATO members having a land
         boundary with Russia