Hafragilsfoss í Jökulsá á Fjöllum

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Hafragilsfoss í Jökulsá á Fjöllum

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874-

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Hafragilsfoss er foss í Jökulsá á Fjöllum á Norðurlandi eystra. 2,5 kílómetrum ofar í ánni er Dettifoss. Fossinn er 27 metra hár og um 91 metra breiður

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Hafragilsfoss is the second largest waterfall in the Jökulsá á Fjöllum (River) after its upstream sibling Dettifoss, and are among the largest in Iceland. Situated on the third step of the Jokulsargljufur, the immense canyon which harbors the largest waterfalls along the river, the river plunges 89-feet over a 280-foot wide ledge formed in the volcanic bedrock, with good examples of columnar jointing visible in the cliffs on either side of the falls. As the river sources in several huge lobes of the massive Vatnajökull, and flows through areas of active volcanism, there is almost always a high volume of silt in the water. This causes the river to assume a color ranging from slightly gray to straight up chocolate milk during the warmest summer months.

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Jökulsá á Fjöllum

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Dettifoss (874-)

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