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Klar-Elf, and falling into Lake Yenern, -whence it descends under
the name of the Göta-Elf to the Kattegat. A little to the N. of the
Faemund-Sjo lies the Aursund-Sje, the source of the Glommen,
the largest river in Norway, which forms the imposing Sarpsfos at
Sarpsborg and falls into the Skager Rak at Fredrikstad. Near the
same lake rises the Gula, which descends to the N. W. to
Thrond-hjem. and through the valleys of these two rivers runs the
important railway from Throndhjem to the copper-mines of Reros and
Lake Mjnsen.
Between the Fæmund-Sjo and the Glommen rise the lofty
Hummelfjeld, Tronfjeld, and Elgepig, and between the Glommen
and the Gudbrandsdal tower the isolated Rondane. To the
N.W. of the latter stretches the Dovrefjeld, culminating in the
Snehatta (p. 208), formerly supposed to be the highest mountain
in Norway. To the W. of this point, and to the NAY. of the
Gudbrandsdal, stretch the gneiss mountains of the Romsdal, already
mentioned. The mountains to the S. of the Romsdal are usually
known as the Langfjelde, which include the Jostedalsbræ with the
Lodalskaupe and extend to the Horungerfjeld and the Jotunheim
Mountains. To the last-named group belongs the Ymesfjeld, a
huge mass of granite nearly 10 Engl. M. in breadth, culminating
in the Galdhepig (p. 147), and surrounded by rocks of the
transition period. Farther to the S. lie the extensive Lakes Gjende,
Tyin. and Bygdinsurrounded by imposing mountains,
belonging like the Horunger to the easily disintegrated ‘gabbro’
formation, and remarkable for picturesqueness of form. All these
mountains are covered with perpetual snow, with the exception of
the highest peaks, on which, owing to their precipitousness, the
snow does not lie.
The southern mountains of Norway, which also run from N.E.
to S.W., are bounded by the Sognefjord on the N.4Y., by the
Christiania Fjord on the SAY., and by a line drawn on the E. side
from the Fillefjeld to Christiania. Between the Sognefjord and
the Hardanger Fjord are the isolated plateaux of the Vosseskavl,
the Hardanger Jekul, and the Hallingskarv, rising above the
snowline. The Hardanger Fjeld is separated by the innermost branch
of the Hardanger Fjord from the Folgefond (p. 55), an extensive
snow-clad mountain with several peaks. To the S.E. of the
Har-danger-Fjord stretches the extensive Hardanger Vidde, with peaks
3000-4600ft. in height, which gradually slope on the E. and S.
sides. Farther to the E. are the deep valleys of the picturesque
region of Telemarken, which frequently intersect each other. The
E. outpost of the whole of this monntain-region is the
Skogs-horn, to the N. of the Hallingdal. Farther to the E. are the
:Yume-dal, Hallingdal, and T’alders valleys, descending towards the S.,
beyond which we again meet with a number of transverse valleys,
where the most fertile land in Norway is situated (such as Hade-
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