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Tistilbekken
Tistilbekken, also called Fjelstadbekken, is a river in Ask in the municipality of Gjerdrum in Akershus county, Norway. It flows through the residential area Nystulia and from Brådalsfjellet. 2020 Gjerdrum landslide Tistilbekken flows into a soil area consisting of a lot of clay. On the night of 30 December 2020, the area was hit by the 2020 Gjerdrum landslide which is described as the most serious in Norway of this type in recent times. Large amounts of precipitation are considered to have had a triggering factor. Tistilbekken's role in the stability of clay and quick clay in the area has been discussed for several years. Norges Geotekniske Institutt 19. november 2003''Geoteknisk vurdering''besøkt 2. januar 2021 See also *List of rivers in Norway The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: # Glomma, # Pasvikelva and Ivalo, (109 km in Norway) # Numedalslågen, # Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, # Tana, # Drammensvassdraget (Drammenselva, # S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nystulia
Nystulia (1–147, 2–148) is a road built as a three-part road network in a residential area of the same name in the village of Ask in the municipality of Gjerdrum in Akershus county. The road has access via three intersections from the road Fjellinna, where each branch of Nystulia does not meet in the residential area. The river Tistilbekken flows partly open and partly in pipes through Nystulia. The residential area was hit by the 2020 Gjerdrum landslide The 2020 Gjerdrum landslide was a quick clay landslide that occurred in the early hours of 30 December 2020 at Ask village, the administrative centre of Gjerdrum, Norway. It spanned a flow off area of and additionally affected by debris fl ... on the night of 30 December 2020, which is described as the most serious in Norway of this type in recent times. References {{reflist Gjerdrum Roads in Akershus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akershus
Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county that included most of Eastern Norway, and from the 17th century until 2020, Akershus also had a more narrow meaning as a (sub) county that included most of the Greater Oslo Region. After 2020 the former county of Akershus was merged into Viken along with the former counties of Østfold and Buskerud. In 2022 the Storting voted to dissolve Viken and reestablish Akershus county. Originally Akershus was one of four main fiefs in Norway and included almost all of Eastern Norway. The original Akershus became a main county (''Stiftamt'' or ''Stift'') in 1662 and was sometimes also known as ''Christiania Stift''. It included several subcounties (''Amt'' or ''Underamt''); in 1682 its most central areas, consisting of modern Oslo and Akershus, beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjerdrum
Gjerdrum () is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. Gjerdrum borders the municipalities of Nannestad, Nittedal, and Ullensaker, and Lillestrøm. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ask. Name and coat of arms The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Gjerdrum farm ( Norse ''Gerðarvin''). The first element is the genitive of a river name ''Gerð'' and the last element is ''vin'' 'meadow, pasture'. The river name is derived from the Norse word ''garðr'' meaning 'fence' and so the meaning is 'the river whose function is a fence (and/or as a border)'. The coat of arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1993. The arms show a traditional Norwegian form of roundpole fence. The arms are also canting because the name of the municipality refers to a fence. History Gjerdrum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Store norske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rana, Norway
Rana is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana, which houses the National Library of Norway. Other population centers in Rana include Båsmoen, Dunderland, Eiteråga, Flostrand, Hauknes, Mæla, Myklebustad, Nevernes, Røssvoll, Selfors, Skonseng, Storforshei, Utskarpen, and Ytteren. The municipality is the 4th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway (the largest municipality outside Troms og Finnmark county). Rana is the 45th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 26,092. This makes it the second largest municipality in Nordland county—and the third largest in North Norway. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period. Rana was a part of the Terra Securities scandal in 2007 relating to some investments that were made by the municipality. Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as Stream#Creek, creek, Stream#Brook, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to Geographical feature, geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "Burn (landform), burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from Precipitation (meteorology), precipitation through a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ask, Akershus
Ask is the administrative centre of Gjerdrum municipality, Norway. It is around 20 km north-east of Oslo. Its population is 6,890 as of 2020. Ask contains a community centre, schools, kindergartens, a training centre, shops, a pub, restaurants and hotel, according to public information. The name The centre is named after the old farm Ask. The farm name (Old Norse: ''Askr'') means "ash tree". 2020 landslide In the early hours of 30 December 2020 a quick clay landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ..., leaving a crater measuring 300 by 700 meters, killed at least seven people, and injured many others, destroying several buildings. As of Tuesday, 5 January 2021, Norwegian authorities stated their hopelessness of finding any more survivors. Three people wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Gjerdrum Landslide
The 2020 Gjerdrum landslide was a quick clay landslide that occurred in the early hours of 30 December 2020 at Ask village, the administrative centre of Gjerdrum, Norway. It spanned a flow off area of and additionally affected by debris flow. Several buildings were destroyed, most of them houses and apartment buildings. As of 22 March 2021, ten people had been confirmed killed by the landslide. In 2022, the police charged Gjerdrum Municipality. The causes of the landslide .. had by 2022 beeninvestigated by police; another investigation, tasked with finding - prior to August 2021 - the causes of the landslide, will be performed by a group of experts. Background There have previously been landslides in Gjerdrum municipality. During the night between 20 and 21 October 1924, a landslide destroyed several farms and damaged 1600 metres of road. In 1973 there was a landslide at Ask. A 1980 landslide was near the south end of the 2020 landslide. In 2014, a landslide destroyed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norges Geotekniske Institutt
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute ( no, Norges geotekniske institutt, NGI) is an independent international centre for research and consultancy in engineering-related geosciences, integrating geotechnical, geological and geophysical expertise. NGI is a national centre for geotechnical research and development. The research and development is conductet within geotechnics and associated disciplines create results in the form of new expertise, new methods and new technology, with expertise within material properties, modelling and analysis, and instrumentation and monitoring. NGI's strength lies in the expertise of its personnel working in collaboration with clients and partners. NGI is also the host of the International Centre for Geohazards (ICG), one of Norway's first Centres of Excellence (CoE). NGI's partners are NORSAR, the Norwegian Geological Survey (NGU), the University of Oslo (UiO) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers In Norway
The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: # Glomma, # Pasvikelva and Ivalo, (109 km in Norway) # Numedalslågen, # Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, # Tana, # Drammensvassdraget (Drammenselva, # Skiensvassdraget, # Begna, # Otra, # Trysilelva, # Altaelva, # Namsen, # Hallingdalselva and Snarumselva, # Arendalsvassdraget (Nidelva (Aust-Agder)), # Orklaelva, # Renaelva, # Vefsna, # Karasjohka, # Nea-Nidelvvassdraget, Other rivers Other rivers include: * Akerselva * Eira * Flakstadelva * Gaula * Tista References De lengste elvene i Norge("''The longest rivers in Norway''" (''Norwegian'') from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) {{List of rivers of Europe Norway Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Akershus
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, " burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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