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Geography of Svalbard

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Although many prior adverse practises are now banned, the issues surrounding past exploitation of animal resources in the Svalbard area remain a problem. With whale, seal and walrus populations are still far below than they were even two centuries ago (the average age of a Greenland whale). The
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are locally recovering from the major culls of the 1960s and 1970s that came about due to the availability of snow scooters; however, the polar bear remains threatened at a global level, due to unsustainable levels of killing by humans and marine
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There is no arable land in the island group due to heavy glaciation and the northern latitude. There are no trees native to the archipelago, but there are shrubs such as
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islands. The high land of the island interiors is generally ice covered year round, with the west coast clear of ice about one half of the year. There are many
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Although they are small when compared with the mountains of Norway, the elevation of the Svalbard island mountains accounts for much of the glacial erosion:
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Coastlines of the Svalbard islands (listed from largest island to smallest) show the extensive variability characteristic of glacial formation:
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among the Svalbard islands; the five longest of which (measured from the head to open sea) are listed here:
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along the west and northern coasts. This means cool summers and cold winters along the wild, rugged
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The percentage of Svalbard covered by glaciation varies by year; 59.8% is reported for 2005.
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Walter Brian Harland, Lester M. Anderson, Daoud Manasrah, Nicholas J. Butterfield. 1997.
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Walter Brian Harland, Lester M. Anderson, Daoud Manasrah, Nicholas J. Butterfield. 1997
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No roads link the settlements on the island; transportation includes
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The climate of the Svalbard archipelago is arctic, tempered by warm
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Other smaller islands and skerries, 1,736 km (1,079 mi)
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was mined extensively on the west side of Spitsbergen.
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chamber in the 1620s or later, and abandoned in 1670)
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The main islands of Svalbard is parted into several
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Index

List of rivers of Svalbard
Svalbard
Arctic Ocean
78°00′N 20°00′E / 78.000°N 20.000°E / 78.000; 20.000
Spitsbergen
Nordaustlandet
Edgeøya
Newtontoppen
Longyearbyen

MODIS
NASA
Svalbard
archipelago
Arctic Ocean
78° north latitude
20° east longitude
Kingdom of Norway
Spitsbergen
Nordaustlandet
Edgeøya
Barents Island
Kvitøya
Prins Karls Forland
Kongsøya
Bear Island
Svenskøya
Wilhelm Island
skerries
Climate of Svalbard

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