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Breheimen National Park

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Breheimen National Park, whose name means home of the glaciers, spans the municipalities of Skjak and Lom in Innlandet county and Luster in Vestland county, Norway, established in 2009 and covering about 1,671 square kilometers. It combines lush valleys long farmed by transhumance grazing with barren plateaus, high peaks and active glaciers shaped over hundreds of thousands of years by ice, avalanches and other geological processes, and is managed under IUCN Category II by the Directorate for Nature Management. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Governance by Government 1
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Terrestrial 1
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Governing Body (category)
Directorate for Nature Management 1
Governing Body
Directorate for Nature Management 1
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1. Breheimen National Park (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Breheimen National Park (Norwegian: Breheimen nasjonalpark) (lit. 'Home of The Glaciers') is a national park that was established in 2009.
  • Introduction
    Breheimen National Park, whose name means home of the glaciers, spans the municipalities of Skjak and Lom in Innlandet county and Luster in Vestland county, Norway, established in 2009 and covering about 1,671 square kilometers.
  • Infobox: governing_body
    Directorate for Nature Management
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Wikidata: Breheimen National Park
Wikidata Q905433, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Norway
On Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for Norway, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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