Nordkjosbotn
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Nordkjosbotn is a small village in the municipality of Balsfjord
in Troms
county, Norway
about 70 km (43.5 mi) southeast of the city of Tromsø
. Its population (2009) is 378. Two major highways, European route E6
and European route E8
, meet in this village, making it a major crossroads in Northern Norway, with an estimated annual passage of 3 million people.
. The village is about 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) wide filling the narrow valley between several mountains, some of which are more than 1000 m (3,280.8 ft) above sea level, most notably Store Russetind to the southwest. The village has an area of about 0.75 km² (185.3 acre) and is located on a partially-marsh
y alluvial plain
formed by the Nordkjoselva river.
Balsfjord
Balsfjord is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes, while Nordkjosbotn at the head of the fjord is another village....
in Troms
Troms
or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
about 70 km (43.5 mi) southeast of the city of Tromsø
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
. Its population (2009) is 378. Two major highways, European route E6
European route E6
European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...
and European route E8
European route E8
The European route E 8 is a European route that goes from Tromsø, Norway to Turku, Finland. The length of the route is .* E 8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa – Kemi – Oulu – Liminka – Raahe – Kalajoki – Kokkola – Vaasa – Pori –...
, meet in this village, making it a major crossroads in Northern Norway, with an estimated annual passage of 3 million people.
Location
Nordkjosbotn is located at the end of the Nordkjosen branch of the Balsfjorden where the river Nordkjoselva meets the fjordFjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
. The village is about 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) wide filling the narrow valley between several mountains, some of which are more than 1000 m (3,280.8 ft) above sea level, most notably Store Russetind to the southwest. The village has an area of about 0.75 km² (185.3 acre) and is located on a partially-marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....
y alluvial plain
Alluvial plain
An alluvial plain is a relatively flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms...
formed by the Nordkjoselva river.