Norsk (russian: Норск) is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') in
Selemdzhinsky District
Selemdzhinsky District (russian: Селемджи́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #25-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative cente ...
of
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...
,
Russia
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.
Geography
Norsk is located on the left bank of the
Selemdzha River
The Selemdzha () is a river in the Amur Oblast, Amur Region of Russia. It is the biggest, left tributary of the Zeya (river), Zeya. The length of the river is 647 km. The area of its basin 68,600 km².
Course
The Selemdzha has its sou ...
, downstream from the mouth of the
Nora
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People with the surname
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Climate
Norsk has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate
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(Köppen climate classification
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''Dwb''), with dry, bitterly cold winters and warm, wet summers.
References
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Rural localities in Selemdzhinsky District