Norrland terrain (Swedish: Norrlandsterräng) is a geomorphic unit covering the bulk of Norrland and the northwestern half of Svealand.[1] Except for The High Coast the coastal areas of Norrland do not belong to the Norrland terrain.[2] The southern and eastern boundary of the Norrland terrain is made up of geological faults that disrupt the Sub-Cambrian peneplain found the lowlands.[3] In some locations these faults have been extensively eroded making the Norrland terrain boundary partly a result of erosion.[3] Karna Lidmar-Bergström categorizes the Norrland Terrain into the following classes:[2]
- Highlands with well developed valleys above 500 m.a.s.l.[note 1]
- Plains with residual hills of Northern Sweden[note 2]
- Undulating hilly land of Övertorneå/Överkalix[note 3]
- Undulating hilly land of Boden area
- Large scale joint valley landscapes[note 4]
- Plains with residual hills of Dalarna
- Undulating hilly land of central Sweden
- ^ De Geer, Sten (1926). "Norra Sveriges landforms-regioner". Geografiska Annaler (in Swedish). 8. Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography: 125–136.
- ^ a b Lidmar-Bergströrm, Karna (1995). "Relief and saprolites through time on the Baltic Shield". Geomorphology. 12. Elsevier: 45–61.
- ^ a b Lidmar-Bergströrm, Karna (1996). "Long term morphotectonic evolution in Sweden". Geomorphology. 16. Elsevier: 33–59.
- ^ Rapp, Anders. "norrlandsterräng". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Cydonia Development. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
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