Englandsfoss waterfall, Iceland 🇮🇸 [archive cleanup]
The typical Icelandic waterfall, one of many. Englandsfoss (or Fitjarfoss according to Google maps) is a small waterfall in the Tunguá river near the road number 52 (Road connecting Borgarnes and Þingvellir).
On map: maps.app.goo.gl/ZwAjAqbvYQSEM4kK8
Bruarhlod canyon, Iceland 🇮🇸 [archive cleanup]
Brúarhlöð is a narrow gorge in the Hvitá River about 4 kilometers south of the Golden Waterfalls. The canyon is known for "breccia" - a type of rock formed by tectonic and volcanic forces. The area is also popular for river rafting.
Map: maps.app.goo.gl/r4oenECzMEG66gWYA
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Dettifoss is located in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, up north from the Ring Road.
Dettifoss is a waterfall in the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum. It is 45 m high, 100 m across, has a large volume of water and is considered the most powerful waterfall in Europe. A common summer waterflow of Jökulsá á Fjöllum is 400 m3/s (cubic metres per second), and multiplies during floods.
Jökulsá á Fjöllum originates under Dyngjujökull glacier on the northern edge of the great Vatnajökull glacier. Jökulsá is Iceland's second-longest river, 206 km, and it has the largest catchment area, 7.750 km². This is however, Iceland's driest region, so the river carries only the fourth-largest volume of water. Spring water flows into the river Herðubreiðarlindir, Hafragil and Hólmatungur; the water of these springs was once rainwater, that has filtered into the porous earth, and flowed long distances underground, to surface again as pure spring water in clefts and gullies. The largest tributary of Jökulsá is the glacial river Kreppa.
The lowland in Öxarfjördur bay was formed by sediment from Jökulsá á Fjöllum. During the summer, the Jökulsá gushes down its course, tinted by the glacial debris it carries - up to 23.000 tons per day.
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