Jökulsá í Fljótsdal

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Jökulsá í Fljótsdal
Data
location Iceland
River system Jökulsá á Brú
Drain over Lagarfljót  → Jökulsá á Brú  → Héraðsflói
source Eyabakkajokull
Source height 700  m
muzzle Lagarfljót coordinates: 65 ° 4 ′ 37 ″  N , 14 ° 50 ′ 20 ″  W 65 ° 4 ′ 37 ″  N , 14 ° 50 ′ 20 ″  W.
Mouth height 40  m
Height difference 660 m
Bottom slope 12 ‰
length 56 km
Left tributaries Outlet from the Kárahnjúkar power plant
Right tributaries Kelduá
Reservoirs flowed through Ufsalón

The Jökulsá í Fljótsdal is a glacial river in eastern Iceland and the largest tributary of Lake Lagarfljót .

The river has its source at Eyabakkajökull , a glacier tongue of Vatnajökull , east of Brúarjökull .

In the upper reaches, this river is dammed to the small Ufsalón, which belongs to the Kárahnjúkar power plant . About 10 kilometers before the mouth of the river, the power station's outlet is also filled with the water from the Hálslón Lake, which is used to dammed the Jökulsá á Brú glacial river .