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Fjord (other)
A fjord (or fiord) a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjord may also refer to: *Fjord City, an urban renewal project for the waterfront of Oslo, Norway *Fjord horse, a Norwegian horse breed *Fjord Line, a Norwegian ferry operator * Fjords (board game), a tile-based German-style board game *Fjord Stone, a half-orc warlock player character in the web series ''Critical Role'' *Fjord (municipality), a village in Norway *Fjord-lake, a lake in Russia named after fjords (aka Lake Fiordovoye) See also * * * * *Fiordland (other) *Fjard, an inlet with a shallower profile than a fjord *Fjord1, a Norwegian transport conglomerate *Fjordgård Fjordgård or Fjordgard is a small fishing village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northern part of the island of Senja, the second largest island in Norway. Fjordgård lies on the west side of ..., a village Troms county, Norway * Fjordland, a Norwegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland, Kamchatka, the Kerguelen Islands, Labrador, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Nunavut, Quebec, the Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile, Russia, South Georgia Island, Tasmania, United Kingdom, and Washington state. Norway's coastline is estimated to be long with its nearly 1,200 fjords, but only long excluding the fjords. Formation A true fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by ice segregation and abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. According to the standard model, glaciers formed in pre-glacial valleys with a gently sloping valley floor. The work of the glacier then left an overdeepened U-shaped valley that ends abruptly at a valley or trough end. Such valleys are fjords wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjord City
The Fjord City ( no, Fjordbyen) is an urban renewal project for the waterfront part of the centre of Oslo, Norway. The first redevelopment was at Aker Brygge during the 1980s. Bjørvika and Tjuvholmen followed up during the 2000s, while the remaining parts of the Port of Oslo will be developed in the 2010s. The port will be relocated to Sørhavna. The planning is performed by the Oslo Waterfront Planning Office. Major investments in the area include a new Central Railway Station, an already completed Oslo Opera House, and the commercial buildings in the Barcode Project. Several large cultural institutions will be moved to Bjørvika, including moving the Oseberg Ship, Oslo Public Library, and the Munch Museum. The main barrier between the city and the fjord will disappear when European Route E18 is relocated to the Bjørvika Tunnel. Projects Development of the Tjuvholmen commenced in 2008. This is a mixed residential and commercial area, and home to the Norwegian Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjord Horse
The Fjord Horse or Norwegian Fjord Horse ( no, fjordhest) is a relatively small but very strong horse breed from the mountainous regions of western Norway. It is an agile breed of light draught horse build. All Fjord horses are dun in colour, with five variations in shade recognised in the breed standard. One of the world's oldest breeds, it has been used for hundreds of years as a farm horse in Norway, and in modern times is popular for its generally good temperament. It is used both as a harness horse and under saddle. History The Fjord horse is one of the world's oldest and purest breeds. Horses were known to exist in Norway at the end of the last ice age. It is believed that the ancestors of the modern Fjord horse migrated to Norway and were domesticated over years ago. Archaeological excavations at Viking burial sites indicate that the Fjord horse type has been selectively bred for at least years. The Fjord horse was used by the Vikings as a war mount. The Fjord hors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjord Line
Fjord Line is a Norwegian ferry operator offering services between Norway and Denmark; in October 2020 the company announced a scale-back of operations whereby the ferry operations will only serve the ports of Kristiansand, Hirtshals, and Stavanger. In addition to passenger transport, Fjord line operates cargo transport through its cargo division in Norway and Denmark. History Fjord Line was founded in 1993. In 1998 the company purchased the MS ''Jupiter'' and the Bergen - Newcastle route from Color Line. In 2004 a much larger ship, the MS ''Fjord Norway'' was purchased to operate the Norway - Denmark service. The MS ''Bergen'' was chartered to DFDS. Following heavy competition on the Norway - Denmark route, in 2005 Fjord Line began streamlining operations. On return of the MS ''Bergen'' from charter, the MS ''Fjord Norway'' and the Norway - UK route were sold to DFDS. The MS ''Jupiter'' was laid up for sale. On 1 January 2008 Fjord Line merged with fast ferry ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjords (board Game)
''Fjords'' is a tile-based German-style board game designed by Franz-Benno Delonge and published in 2005 by Hans im Glück and Rio Grande Games. Unlike some other games in the genre, ''Fjords'' is strictly limited to two players. The game is played in two phases: exploration and expansion. In the first phase, the players draw random hexagonal tiles and place them on the gaming table in alternating sequence to form a map. Tile edges must consistently match with respect to terrain types (clear land, mountain, and water). On some of the tiles they place their four villages. In the second phase, they expand from their villages by placing tokens of their colour on the tiles. The player who succeeds in placing the most tokens (by cutting off the other player's access to tiles) wins the game. Fjords was republished in 2022 by Grail Games. The new edition includes rules for 2-4 players, 5 new variants designed by Phil Walker-Harding, and art by Beth Sobel. Reviews *''Pyramid A py ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critical Role
''Critical Role'' is an American web series in which a group of professional voice actors play ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The show started streaming partway through the cast's first campaign in March 2015. Campaign one ended in October 2017 after 115 episodes, and campaign two started in January 2018 and ended in June 2021 after 141 episodes. A number of one-shots were aired in the hiatus between the two campaigns. After campaign two was completed, the limited series ''Exandria Unlimited'' aired from June 2021 to August 2021. The third campaign premiered on October 21, 2021. The series is broadcast on Thursdays at 19:00 PT on the Critical Role Twitch and YouTube channels, with the video on demand (VOD) becoming available to Twitch subscribers immediately after the broadcast. The VODs are made available for the public on Critical Role's website and uploaded to their YouTube channel on the Monday after the live stream. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show had broadcast l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjord (municipality)
Fjord is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnmøre. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stordal. Other villages in the municipality include Valldal, Eidsdal, Norddal, Tafjord, Fjørå/Selboskarbygda, Sylte. The name Fjord is a common word and name part in Norway and was chosen for the new municipality established in 2020 for reasons of search engine optimization, despite not having any historical tradition in the municipality. The municipality is the 92nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Fjord is the 253rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,491. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 9.9% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the government of Norway approved the merger of the two neighboring municipalities of Stordal and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjord-lake
Fiordovoye (, rus, Фио́рдовое, p=ˈfɪordovojʲɪ or rus, Фьо́рдовое, p=ˈfʲɪordovojʲɪ, ) is a glacial lake on the island of the October Revolution of Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, administratively belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. Within the island, Lake Fiordovoye is located between the edge of the Karpinsky ice dome in the east and the slopes of the valley on its western side. It is the largest inland lake of the island and, depending on the degree of spread of the glacier over its surface, may be the largest body of water in the archipelago. Its modern area is estimated from to . It has a jagged shape elongated along the glacier, up to km long, and is distinguished by significant depths up to . Its average height of the water level is a.s.l. The lake is of glacial erosion origin, a significant part of its depression is filled with the Karpinsky glacier. It is now generally accepted that the lake is at least partially dammed by a glacier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiordland (other)
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Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand. Fiordland may also refer to: Places * Fiordland National Park, in Fiordland region of New Zealand * Fiordland College, a school in Te Anau, New Zealand * Fiordland Conservancy, a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada Animal species Animal species named after the Fiordland region of New Zealand: * Fiordland brotula (''Fiordichthys slartibartfasti'') * Fiordland penguin (''Eudyptes pachyrhynchus'') * Fiordland skink (''Oligosoma acrinasum'') * '' Fiordlandia'', a genus in the family Hydractiniidae See also * * Fjordland, a Norwegian food manufacturer * Fjord (other) A fjord (or fiord) a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjord may also refer to: *Fjord City, an urban renewal project for the waterfront of Oslo, Norway *Fjord horse, a Norwegian horse breed *Fjord Line, a Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjard
A fjard ( sv, fjärd, ) is a large open space of water between groups of islands or mainland in archipelagos. Fjards can be found along sea coasts, in freshwater lakes or rivers. Fjard and fjord were originally the same word with the general meaning of sailable waterway. In Scandinavia, fjords dominate along the North Sea coast while fjards dominate the Baltic Sea coast. Fjards vs. fjords vs. förden vs. rias Although fjards and fjords are similar in that they are a glacially-formed topography, they still differ in some key ways: * Fjords are characterized by steep high relief cliffs carved by glacial activity and often have split or branching channels. * Fjards are a glacial depression or valley that has much lower relief than a fjord. Fjards fill with eroded local materials which assists "filling" along with rising sea level since the last ice age contributing as well. Other low relief landforms that are only associated with fjards such as mud flats, salt marshes, and flood p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjord1
Fjord1 ASA is a Norwegian transport conglomerate, one of the largest in the Norwegian transport sector. Formed in 2001, company headquarters are in Florø, with the headquarters of the ferry division in Molde. It operates a fleet of environmentally friendly vessels in the Norwegian fjords. Formation Nordvestlandske was formed in 2001 by the merger of the county council-owned ferry companies Møre og Romsdal Fylkesbåtar and Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane, becoming Fjord1 in December 2002. The fact that the merged company headquarters were located in Sogn og Fjordane made the merger unpopular in Møre og Romsdal county. The choice of name, Fjord1, was also not well-accepted among the local population. These strains on public relations, amongst other things, resulted in talks intended to further the merger process breaking down during the winter and spring of 2004. Fjord1 ASA was listed on the main list on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 15 August 2017. In 2021, US investment firm Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjordgård
Fjordgård or Fjordgard is a small fishing village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northern part of the island of Senja, the second largest island in Norway. Fjordgård lies on the west side of the fjord ''Ørnfjorden'', which is an arm that branches off of the main Øyfjorden. The island village of Husøy lies about across the fjord within sight of Fjordgård. Fjordgård is surrounded by high and steep mountains and is connected to the rest of the island of Senja by a series of three road tunnels. Its population (2001) is 213. Fjordgård Chapel is located in the village. Cultural references In Book 4 of Karl Ove Knausgård's internationally popular My Struggle (; ''My Struggle'' or ''My Battle'') is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Ge ... novels, Karl Ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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