Ovre Pasvik National Park lies in the Pasvik valley of Sor-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway, established on February 6, 1970 and expanded on August 29, 2003 from an original 66 square kilometers to about 119 square kilometers. Its Siberian-style taiga of old-growth Scots pine, shallow lakes and boglands, drained by the lakes Ellenvatnet and Odevatnet into the Pasvikelva river, holds around 190 flowering plant species typical of Siberian taiga along with denning brown bears, moose and birds rare elsewhere in Norway such as Siberian jays and pine grosbeaks; it forms part of the cross-border Pasvik-Inari Trilateral Park shared with Finland and Russia.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyØvre Pasvik nasjonalparkstyre 1 IUCN Category Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Norwegian national park board (nasjonalparkstyre) 1 Sources
1. Ovre Pasvik National Park (Wikipedia)
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Øvre Pasvik National Park (Norwegian: Øvre Pasvik nasjonalpark, Northern Sami: Báhčaveaji álbmotmeahcci, Skolt Sami: Paččjooǥǥ meermeäʹcc) is located in the southeastern part of the Pasvikdalen valley in southern Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
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Øvre Pasvik National Park (Norwegian: Øvre Pasvik nasjonalpark, Northern Sami: Báhčaveaji álbmotmeahcci, Skolt Sami: Paččjooǥǥ meermeäʹcc) is located in the southeastern part of the Pasvikdalen valley in southern Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
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The park is managed by the National Park Board for Øvre Pasvik, a local politically nominated body which has the management responsibility for the park, along with the landscape protection area.
Introduction
Ovre Pasvik National Park lies in the Pasvik valley of Sor-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway, established on February 6, 1970 and expanded on August 29, 2003 from an original 66 square kilometers to about 119 square kilometers.
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Øvre Pasvik nasjonalparkstyre
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Øvre Pasvik nasjonalparkstyre
Part Of: Norway, Lead paragraph
Pasvikdalen valley in southern Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
On Continent: Europe
Øvre Pasvik National Park (Norwegian: Øvre Pasvik nasjonalpark, Northern Sami: Báhčaveaji álbmotmeahcci, Skolt Sami: Paččjooǥǥ meermeäʹcc) is located in the southeastern part of the Pasvikdalen valley in southern Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
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