Norwegian/Vocabulary/Geography
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Geografi (geography)
[edit | edit source]Bosetninger (settlements)
[edit | edit source]- by: city
- bygd: village
- grend: collection of farms
- gård: farm
- landsby: rural town
- tettsted: town
Fjell (mountains)
[edit | edit source]- berg: mountain, barren rock
- bergknaus, knaus: small peak
- fjell: mountain
- fjellrygg: mountain ridge
- kolle: mountain- or hilltop
- li: mountainside, hillside
- tind: tall and sharp mountain peak
- ås: hill
Landskap (landscapes)
[edit | edit source]- dal: valley
- holme: isle
- skog: forest
- slette: plain
- ørken: desert
- øy: island
Vann (water)
[edit | edit source]- bekk: stream, creek, brook
- dam: pond
- elv: river
- fjord: fjord
- foss: waterfall, rapid (in river)
- hav: ocean
- innsjø: lake
- isbre: glacier
- munning: mouth (of river)
- sjø: sea
- tjern: small lake
- vik: bay
- å: minor river