Lagarfljót
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| Geographical location | Fljótsdalshérað municipality , Iceland | |
| Tributaries | Kelduá , Jökulsá í Fljótsdal | |
| Drain | to Jökulsá á Brú | |
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Lagarfljót is a lake and a river in eastern Iceland near Egilsstaðir in the municipality of Fljótsdalshérað .
lake
The lake Lagarfljót or Lögurinn has an area of 53 km², it is about 35 km long, up to 2.5 km wide and up to 112 m deep. The Jökulsá í Fljótsdal river is the largest tributary from the south. Roughly where the Kelduá flows into the Jökulsá, there is also the outflow from the Kárahnjúkar power plant , which also directs the water from the Jökulsá á Brú here. Over 20 other rivers flow into the lake.
East of the lake is the largest forest in Iceland, Hallormsstaðaskógur , and to the west are the Hengifoss and Litlanesfoss waterfalls . Similar to the Scottish Loch Ness , a sea monster , the Lagarfljótwurm , is told here too , which is said to dwell in the depths of the lake. The Upphéraðsvegur road goes
around almost the entire lake. In the summer there is a Lagarfljótsormurinn excursion boat named after the monster.
flow
The river that leaves the lake is also called Lagarfljót. At Egilsstaðir, a 300-meter-long bridge built in 1958 crosses today's Hringvegur . It was the longest bridge in Iceland until the completion of the ring road. Its predecessor dates from 1905 and was a remarkable technical achievement for the time.
The Lagarfljót flows further north to join the Jökulsá á Brú river just before it flows into the Greenland Sea in the Héraðsflói bay . On the way there was the Lagarfoss , a waterfall. There are only rapids left of it, as most of the water is used in a power plant.
References and comments
See also
Web links
- Information (English)
- English hiking description, Hallormsstaður and Hengifoss ( Memento from March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Photo Hengifoss
- The Hengifoss waterfall