Kjølen Mountains

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The Kjølen Mountains are a prominent mountain range forming much of the natural border between Norway and Sweden within the larger Scandinavian Mountains system.

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Kjølen Mountains canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landform
mountain range
borderRegionOf Scandinavia
continent Europe
country Norway
Sweden
drainageDivideBetween Norwegian river systems
Swedish river systems
extendsDirection north–south
formsBorderBetween Norway
Sweden
formsPartOfBorderType natural border
geologicalProvince Scandinavian Caledonides
hasClimate subarctic climate (in many sections)
hasEcosystem coniferous forest margins
mountain tundra
hasGeologicalFeature U-shaped valleys
glacially carved valleys
rounded summits
hasGlacialHistory Pleistocene glaciations
hasHighestPointInSection various peaks over 1,000 metres
hasLanguageRegion Norwegian
Swedish
hasNameInLanguage Kjølen (Norwegian)
Kölen (Swedish)
hasNaturalBoundaryRole separating Norwegian and Swedish landscapes
hasReliefType mountainous
hasSnowCover seasonal snow
hasTourismActivity outdoor recreation
hasTraditionalUseBy Sami people
hasVegetation alpine tundra (higher elevations)
boreal forest (lower slopes)
isImportantFor Norway–Sweden watershed
regional climate patterns
isMajorSubrangeOf Scandinavian Mountains
surface form: Scandinavian Mountains system
isPartOf Fennoscandian Shield
surface form: Fennoscandian Shield region
locatedIn Northern Europe
locatedOn Scandinavian Peninsula
orogeny Caledonian orogeny
partOf Scandinavian Mountains
partOfBorderRegion Norwegian–Swedish border
surface form: Norway–Sweden border
separates Norwegian interior
Swedish interior
usedFor hiking
reindeer herding (in some areas)
skiing

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Scandinavian Mountains notableSubrange Kjølen Mountains