Skaftá
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The Skaftá () is a river in South Iceland. It is primarily glacial in origin and has had its course modified by volcanic activity; as a result of both, it often floods because of glacial melting.
Key facts
- River.length_km
- 115
- River.image
- File:Landbrot 01.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Aerial view of main branch of the Skaftá where it flows into the Atlantic
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Iceland
- River.mouth
- Atlantic Ocean
- River.mouth_coordinates
- (primary)
- River.basin_landmarks
- Kirkjubæjarklaustur
- River.tributaries_left
- Grjótá, Hellisá, Fjaðrá
- River.tributaries_right
- Útfall, Nyðri-Ófærá, Syðri-Ófærá
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Skaftárhreppur
- Image
- Landbrot 01.jpg
- Length
- 115
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- Commons category
- Skaftá
- watershed area
- 1400
- origin of the watercourse
- Skaftárjökull
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Course
- Jökulhlaups
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
The Skaftá () is a river in South Iceland. It is primarily glacial in origin and has had its course modified by volcanic activity; as a result of both, it often floods because of glacial melting.
==Course== The river's primary source is two subglacial "cauldrons" beneath Skaftájökull, part of the Vatnajökull glacier in the interior of Iceland. It also receives spring-fed water from Langisjór, a lake a short distance to the west from which a tributary called the Útfall runs into the Skaftá. Other tributaries include the North and South Ófaerá, the Grjótá, and the Hellisá.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skaftá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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