Héraðsvötn

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Héraðsvötn
Data
location Iceland
River system Héraðsvötn
origin Confluence of Austari-Jökulsá and Vestari-Jökulsá
65 ° 22 ′ 20 ″  N , 19 ° 6 ′ 30 ″  W
muzzle Skagafjörður coordinates: 65 ° 44 ′ 55 ″  N , 19 ° 33 ′ 10 ″  W 65 ° 44 ′ 55 ″  N , 19 ° 33 ′ 10 ″  W.
Mouth height 0  m

length 130 km
Catchment area 3650 km²
Drain NNQ
MQ
HHQ 		40 m³ / s
111 m³ / s
800 m³ / s
Communities Skagafjörður (municipality)

Héraðsvötn ( German  "Bezirks (-) waters" , isl. Vötn is the plural of vatn water , lake ) is a river in northern Iceland that flows into the Skagafjörður fjord .

Most important dates

The average amount of water in the Héraðsvötn is 111 m³ / s, the highest ever measured amount of water was 800 m³ / s, the lowest 40 m³ / s. The total catchment area covers 3650 km².

course

The river is created by the confluence of two rather powerful mountain rivers, the Austari-Jökulsá and the Vestari-Jökulsá south of the Norðurá valley . The two glacier rivers come down from the Hofsjökull glacier shield . It is 130 km from the mouth to the sources of the glacier rivers of roughly the same length. Héraðsvötn crosses the valley as a broad stream and branches off towards the fjord, initially in Austurkvísl and Vesturkvísl , which in turn flow into the sea as Austurós and Vesturós (Isl. Ós "estuary").

The island lying between the estuary arms is called Hegranes . The estuary is east of the town of Sauðárkrókur .

Estuary east of Sauðárkrókur.

Formation of the valley

Since glacier rivers carry their sediment into it, over the centuries the river has managed to fill the former fjord basin far out to the open sea: today's horse-breeding region owes its existence to him.

Traffic obstruction

The wide, ice-cold river, which often shot with a strong current, was considered a considerable obstacle to traffic in earlier times.

There were a few known wading sites, but none of them were considered safe. However, some farmers also provided a ferry service with boats. In the 19th century, tiny mechanical cable cars across the river were constructed, similar to those on Jökulsá á Brú .

Under these circumstances it was welcomed as a great step forward when a cable ferry was installed on Vesturós in 1892 and on Austurós in 1893 . In 1895 a bridge was built over the eastern branch of the estuary and the ferry there was moved upstream. The western branch of the estuary was bridged in 1926, and in 1927 a bridge was also built over the main river at Grundarstockk .

The current bridge over which the Ringstrasse runs dates from 1981 and is 188 m long. It is located east of Varmahlíð .

Fishing and fishing

There are both salmon and trout in the river. You don't have to pay a fee for fishing or fishing here.

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 1. bindi. Edited by T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon. Örn og Örlygur, Reykjavík 1989, p. 378f.
  2. ^ HU Schmid: Dictionary Icelandic - German. Buske, Hamburg, 2001, 276
  3. ↑ cf. Ísland Vega Atlas. Ed. Ferðakort, Reykjavík 2006, 15 and 16
  4. ↑ http://angling.is/en/waters/trout-rivers/on-the-northwest-coast/6464/ Angling.is; Retrieved September 9, 2012