128 FORESTRY OF NORWAY. 



310 metres, 1040 feet, above the level of the sea. It 

 extends into Finnish Lapland on the south-east, as far as 

 the great Finnish lake Enare, which measures 2530 square 

 kilometres, and is 150 metres, or 500 feet, above the level 

 of the sea. 



This vast plateau is from Vardo to its south-east 

 boundary, between Kautokeino and Finland, 350 kilo- 

 metres long ; and the Norwegian portion covers an area of 

 nearly 40,000 square kilometres. It is traversed from 

 south to north by two considerable rivers. The western 

 of these is the Attenelv. 



The plateau of Finmark is traversed from south to 

 north by two considerable rivers. The Attenelv on the 

 west is 160,530 kilometres long. It flows into the Atten- 

 fjord. The Tanaelv that on the east is formed by the 

 junction of the Karasjoka and the Anarjoka. Calculated 

 with the length of the latter, the Tanaelv is 275 kilo- 

 metres long, and falls into the sea on the Tana fiord. 

 The Attenelv and the Tana also take their rise on the 

 Russian and Finnish frontier, and flowing in valleys of 

 gentle declivity, almost join one another by the valley of 

 the Jetsjoka, one of the affluents of the Anarjoka. The 

 church of Kautokeino, situated only 40 kilometres from 

 the source of the Anarjoka, is 290 metres, 880 feet, above 

 the level of the sea. 



In the flat valleys which form the mountain plateau of 

 Finmark we met with some stunted birch trees ; in the 

 valleys somewhat deeper we meet also with pines ; but 

 otherwise the plateau is bare, or covered only with rein- 

 deer moss (Cladoma rangi ferina), and strewed with 

 rounded stones and large fragments of rock. These last 

 are often through stretches, dozens of kilometres in length, 

 the only objects on which the eye can rest. They are 

 also well known, and serve as reperis for travellers who 

 cross the plateau. This is done exclusively by means of 

 reindeer. The plateau is, so to speak, sown with small 

 lakes. The heights which rise above the level of the 

 plateau reach 600, and exceptionally, 1000 metres of 

 altitude, 3,333 feet. 



