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Glaciers in Norway<br />

• Hydropower production<br />

– 98 % of electricity,<br />

15 % from glaciated<br />

basins<br />

• Tourism<br />

• Potential hazards<br />

– Ice falls<br />

– Jøkulhlaups/GLOFs<br />

– Crevasses<br />

• Indicator of climate<br />

change; contribute to sea<br />

level rise (small<br />

contribution but sensitive)

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