Öxnadalsá
| Öxnadalsá | ||
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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 .