Fjords of Norway
In Norway we can find some of the most fascinating formations of nature: the fjords.
The fjords are deep corridors that have been formed in the rock for thousands of years due to glaciers. In their slow but steady course, the Norwegian glaciers began to erode the stones and the soil, thus making the valleys that were formed on this course ever wider and deeper. It is estimated that in each millennium the glacier erodes a half meter of rock. After many years, the glaciers reached the sea, where they began to melt. Then he introduced the North Sea into the valleys created by the glaciers and filled them with water. This is how the fjords were born.
In the ranking of fjords, Greenland ranks first, but the most popular are those of Norway. There is the second longest fjord in the world, the famous Sognefjorden, which is 204 km long. The Sognefjorden fjord is divided into five arms and these arms into several others. Two of them, Geirangerfjord and Nordfjord, are on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List.
Nordfjord enters the mountains of the interior of Norway where it mixes with the fresh water of the Jugedalsbreen glacier. It is the longest glacier in Europe, with 100 km.
Both from the water level and from the air, the perspective of the impressive fjord walls is striking. Some of the walls are 1,800 meters high.
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