Öxnadalsá
Öxnadalsá | ||
Öxnadalsá in August 2016 |
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Data | ||
location | northern Iceland | |
River system | Hörgá | |
Drain over | Hörgá → Eyjafjörður → Greenland Sea | |
source | on the Öxnadalsheiði 65 ° 25 ′ 55 ″ N , 18 ° 43 ′ 51 ″ W. |
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Source height | approx. 1060 m | |
muzzle | in the Hörgá coordinates: 65 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ N , 18 ° 25 ′ 18 ″ W 65 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ N , 18 ° 25 ′ 18 ″ W. |
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Mouth height | approx. 75 m | |
Height difference | approx. 985 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 39 ‰ | |
length | 25 km |
The Öxnadalsá is a tributary of the Hörgá in northern Iceland .
It rises on the Öxnadalsheiði and flows a good 25 kilometers in a north-easterly direction through the Öxnadalur . The course of the river lies from the source to the mouth, sometimes left and right, next to the ring road west of the city of Akureyri .