Английская Википедия:Finnmarksvidda

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Finnmarksvidda (Шаблон:Lang-sme; Шаблон:Lang-en) is Norway's largest plateau, with an area greater than Шаблон:Convert.[1] The plateau lies about Шаблон:Convert above sea level. Approximately 36% of Finnmark lies on the Finnmarksvidda.

Geography

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Finnmarksvidda near Alta. Altaelva valley in the background

From Alta Municipality in the west to the Varanger Peninsula in the east it stretches for approximately Шаблон:Convert, being at least that wide from north to south, extending into Finland. The southeastern part of the plateau is protected by the Anárjohka National Park. The Шаблон:Convert park opened in 1976.[2]

Some circular lakes in Finnmarksvidda may be remnants of collapsed pingos that developed during cold periods of the last deglaciation.[3]

Fauna and flora

The plateau includes extensive birch woods, pine barrens, bogs, and glacially formed lakes. Finnmarksvidda is situated north of the Arctic Circle and is best known as the land of the once nomadic Sami people and their reindeer herds. Their shelters in the tundra are still used in the winter time.

Climate

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Kautokeino municipality is Norway's largest by area. Within its borders is the coldest village in continental Norway, Šihččajávri.

Finnmarksvidda, located in the interior of the county has a subarctic climate with the coldest winter temperatures in Norway: the coldest temperature ever recorded was Шаблон:Convert in Karasjok on 1 January 1886. The climate of Kautokeino (307 m) represents the climate of the plateau.

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