Hraunfossar
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- Hraunfossar
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- West of Iceland
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- Iceland
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- 500 m³/s
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thumb|Hraunfossar in snow and ice
Hraunfossar (; in Borgarfjörður, western Iceland) is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. The waterfalls pour into Hvítá (Borgarfjörður), from ledges of less porous rock in the lava. The name comes from the Icelandic word for lava (hraun) and the word for waterfalls (fossar). The Hraunfossar are situated near Húsafell and Reykholt and the Víðgelmir lava tube is close by.
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list of waterfalls of Iceland
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Barnafossar
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Iceland
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volcano
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geographic coordinate system
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glacier
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lava
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volcanic eruption
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Dettifoss
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Gullfoss
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Seljalandsfoss
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Goðafoss
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Skógafoss
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Langjökull
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Glymur
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Svartifoss
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Selfoss
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Aldeyjarfoss
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Dynjandi
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