Øvre Dividal National Park

Øvre Dividal National Park
Location:	Troms og Finnmark , Norway
Next city:	Tromso
Surface:	770 km²
Founding:	07/09/1971, 2006 extended
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The Øvre Dividal National Park ( Norwegian Øvre Dividal nasjonalpark , North Sami Dieváidvuovddi ) is a national park in Northern Norway . It was founded in 1971 in order to preserve and protect the almost untouched, typical inland nature of northern Norway with its sometimes rare species and plants as well as the cultural heritage.

The 770 km² national park belongs to the municipality of Målselv in the province of Troms og Finnmark . It borders on the 19 km² Dividalen nature reserve and to the east on the Swedish border.

Geography, landscape and geology

The Øvre-Dividal has different terrain forms. There are wooded valleys in which there is still real primeval forest , undulating plateaus, moors , swamps and heather up to mighty fells . In the center of the park is the Divielva river valley .

The predominant rock types are conglomerate , sandstone and slate . The highest point in the national park is Kistefjell at 1,633 m.

Flora and fauna

Øvre Dividal,
Anjajohka River (Anjavasselva)

The flora consists partly of pines - and, up to an altitude of 700 meters, also of birch forest . Character plants above the tree line are mainly arctic poppy , Lapland alpine rose and Lapland pointed keel .

Traces of the Eurasian lynx , brown bear , wolf and wolverine are regularly found in the national park . The park also has the highest density of wolverines in Norway.

About 50 different species of beetles, mushrooms and lichens that are on the Red List live and grow in Øvre-Dividal.

heritage Site

Some pre-Christian Sami sacrificial sites and traces of reindeer herding were found in the park . By Norwegians, the area has been around since the 17th and 18th centuries. Century been populated.

The name Dividalen comes from the North Sami word "dievva", which means round, dry heap, that is, excrement .

Tourism and administration

The Nordkalottruta hiking trail leads through the national park. The Norwegian Trekking Association runs the Vuomahytta , Dividalshytta and Dærtahytta mountain huts .

Web links

Commons : Øvre Dividal National Park - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Park side of the directorate for naturforvaltning

literature

Karl-Dag Vorren med flere: Øvre Dividal (= Norges nasjonalparker. Vol. 7). Luther forlag, Oslo 1974, ISBN 82-531-4060-6 .