Huge waterfalls and snow-white glaciers in the reserve Svalbard (Norway) Bashny.Net

Svalbard is an amazing place on earth, where the Arctic cold formed unique flora and fauna, and huge glaciers and crystal waterfalls fascinate anyone who manages to visit here. The name of this archipelago located in the Arctic ocean, literally means "cold coast". On these vast expanses reigns so serene, so, that and look, will sweep past a reindeer pulled the sleigh of the Snow Queen, or run into the young Kai, hard to spread fragments of the l-word.





Svalbard is the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway, the harsh climate quite confirms this. It is located approximately half way between mainland Norway and North Pole. The variety of flora and fauna occurs here due to the fact that Svalbard is washed by the warm Gulf stream, which moderates the climate.





The reserve area of about 62 sq km, almost 60% of it is covered by glaciers, most of which descend to the sea. As a result of melting of ice and snow formed huge waterfalls that plummet into the sea directly from glaciers. The spectacle of the incredible power of icreate! A real "Paradise" Svaldi – obshirnye areas of tundra in the interior of the island, where the white of the valley are replaced by colorful flower blanket.

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