Krossá (Suður-Þingeyrarsýsla)

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Krossá
Data
location Iceland
River system Skjálfandafljót
Drain over Skjálfandafljót  → Skjálfandi
source on the Ódáðahraun highland plain
muzzle Skjálfandafljót coordinates: 65 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  W 65 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  W.

Krossá is a tributary of the Skjálfandafljót in northeast Iceland .

course

The river flows through the Icelandic highlands . It has its origin on the Ódáðahraun highland plain . It flows almost exactly to the north and flows into the Skjálfandafljót as a right tributary on the highlands.

Krosságljúfur

On his way he dug a gorge about 90 meters deep and a few kilometers long called Krosságljúfur . Hyaloclastite and other volcanic rocks alternate in layers in the walls of the gorge.

Short-billed geese also breed in the gorge.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Ísland Vega Atlas. Ed. Ferðakort, Reykjavík 2006, 19.
  2. ↑ a b T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon (eds.): Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 2. bindi. Örn og Örlygur, Reykjavík 1989, p. 922.