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 Attenelyv. 
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, sv 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, 
