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Rivers Of Iceland
On an island like Iceland, the rivers are short in length. None of the rivers are important as a means of navigation due to the impracticality of settlements in the Highlands of Iceland where they originate. South * Hvítá * Krossá *Kúðafljót * Markarfljót * Mustafl *Ölfusá (the Icelandic river with the greatest flow) * Rangá *Skaftá *Skeiðará * Skógá * Sog *Þjórsá (the longest river in Iceland, 230 km) *Tungnaá West *Fossá * Hvítá * Kjarrá–Thervá * Norðurá Westfjords * Dynjandi * Kolbeinsá * Staðará North *Blanda * Eyjafjarðará * Eystri Jökulsá * Fnjóská * Glerá * Grafará * Gönguskarðsá * Heiðará *Héraðsvötn * Hjaltadalsá * Hofsá (Skagafjörður) * Hofsá (Vesturdalur) * Hörgá *Jökulsá á Fjöllum * Kolka (Kolbeinsdalsá) * Laxá * Norðurá * Sauðá *Skjálfandafljót * Svartá * Sæmundará * Vatnsdalsá East * Hamarsá * Hofsá *Jökulsá á Dal * Jökulsá í Fljótsdal *Jökulsá í Lóni *Lagarflj� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Vatnsdalur is a glacial trough valley in the Húnabyggð municipality of Northwestern Region (Iceland), Northwestern Region, Iceland. The ''Vatnsdæla saga'', one of the sagas of Icelanders, chronicles the lives of the valley's original Norsemen, Norse settlers and their descendants. Geography Vatnsdalur is about long and lies between the mountains , to the west, and , to the east. The valley floor spans slightly less than at its widest. The valley is situated south of the town of Blönduós and southeast of the Hóp (Iceland), Hóp tidal lagoon. It is less than south-southeast of the Húnaflói. It was part of the Counties of Iceland, historical county of and, later, was located in ('Húnavatn municipality') until Húnavatnshreppur and Blönduós municipality merged to form Húnabyggð municipality in 2022. Bodies of water Vatnsdalsá The , one of the famed salmon rivers of northern Iceland, runs through the Vatnsdalur. The north-flowing river is long and fed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heiðará
is a spring creek that runs westward through Öxnadalsheiði plateau in Skagafjörður, Iceland and later flows into the Norðurá river where it descends into Norðurárdalur valley. The river originates in Kaldbaksdalur valley, which runs southward just east of the border between Skagafjörður and Eyjafjörður Eyjafjörður (, ''Island Fjord'') is one of the longest fjords in Iceland. It is located in the central north of the country. Situated by the fjord is the country's fourth most populous municipality, Akureyri. Physical geography The fjord is ... counties on the plateau. At a lower elevation, near the bottom of on the side closest to , there is only a narrow valley and the Heiðará river runs through it in an enormous and rather deep gorge. Today, the road runs along the upper edge of the slope, that is, along the edge of the ravine. However, in previous centuries, there were tight riding paths, which were often impassible for long periods during the winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gönguskarðsá
Gönguskarðsá river is a spring creek in Skagafjörður, Iceland that flows to the ocean in the Gönguskörð estuary in Sauðárkrókur (a little inlet on the shore directly north of the town) off of the north part of Sauðárkrókur. It is sometimes said to be the deadliest river in Skagafjörður County. Gönguskarðsá originates from Gönguskörð and is a direct runoff stream that collects water from many smaller rivers that fall down from Tindastóll and Molduxi mountains, and the mountains in between. It is swift and difficult to cross in flood conditions, and has been very deadly; nearly 20 people have drowned there. One of them was Guðmundur, father of the singer Stefán Íslandi, who drowned in the spring of 1917. The river was first bridged in 1875. The ''Landnámabók'' mentions that some settlers landed in the Gönguskörð estuary, where no one has landed in centuries. The river now has a bridge by the estuary and there was an older bridge a little farth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grafará
river is a spring creek in Höfðaströnd named after the farm Gröf in Skagafjörður, Iceland. The river runs along the bottom of Deildardalur valley, where it is called ( river), then continues between Óslandshlíð and Höfðaströnd near and to the sea in Grafarós, directly south of Hofsós. There is some fishing in the river, especially for arctic char, but both brown trout and salmon Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ... have been found there. References {{Authority control Skagafjörður Rivers of Iceland Iceland geography stubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glerá
The Glerá (, "glass river") is a river in northern Iceland. It originates from glaciers in the mountains of the Tröllaskagi peninsula and also draws from some freshwater springs on its way down Glerá Valley. It runs through the town of Akureyri before it flows into the sea in Eyjafjörður. The river formed the sandbank of Oddeyri where it enters the sea. It was important in the dawn of the industrial age in Akureyri when it was dammed and used to produce electricity from 17 September 1922. The original power station has been demolished now but the dam remains. A new power station has been built to commemorate 100 years of hydroelectric power in Iceland. This 290 kW (rated capacity) power station was opened on August 27, 2005. The river used to separate Akureyri proper from Glerá Village which was the settlement north of the Glerá but it merged with the township of Akureyri in the early 20th century. Today the part of Akureyri that is north of the Glerá is called '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanda
The Blanda () is a river in Iceland which flows northwards from the northwest side of the Hofsjökull glacier into Húnaflói bay at Blönduós. The Blanda is one of the longest rivers in the country, with a length of about 125 km, and has a catchment area estimated at 2370 km2. Its source is calculated to lie at a height of 800m. The river is one of the main salmon rivers in Iceland and has often yielded a catch of almost 3000 salmon in one summer. Before the river was dammed in 1990, the salmon spawning grounds reached almost to the foot of the glacier. Blanda hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ... power station uses the drop of the river to generate up to 150 MW of power. Gallery Image:Mouth of Blanda river.jpg, Mouth of Blanda river emptyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolbeinsá
Kolbeinsá () is a farm and river about 10 km long in Westfjords, Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi .... Rivers of Iceland Farms in Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
