Kúðafljót
Sign in to saveThe Kúðafljót () is a river in the south of Iceland. It is one of the largest glacier rivers in the country.
Key facts
- River.name
- Kúðafljót
- River.image
- 2006-05-23-133434 Iceland Þykkvabæjarklaustur.jpg
- River.image_size
- 280px
- River.image_caption
- The river before reaching Álftaver
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Iceland
- River.subdivision_type2
- Region
- River.subdivision_name2
- Southern Region
- River.source1_location
- Mýrdalsjökull
- River.mouth_location
- East of Vík í Mýrdal
- River.river_system
- Kúðafljót
- River.length_km
- 115
- River.tributaries_left
- Eldvatn
- River.tributaries_right
- Tungufljót (Mýrdalssandur), Hólmsá, Skálm
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Skaftárhreppur
- Image
- 2006-05-23-133434 Iceland Þykkvabæjarklaustur.jpg
- Length
- 115
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- Commons category
- Kúðafljót
- mouth of the watercourse
- Atlantic Ocean
- origin of the watercourse
- Mýrdalsjökull
- discharge
- 230
- watershed area
- 3000
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name
- Location and tributaries
- Water quantity
- Transport connection
- Ship cemetery south coast
- See also
- References
- External links
The Kúðafljót () is a river in the south of Iceland. It is one of the largest glacier rivers in the country.
==Name== The Landnámabók reports that the name is from the ship of Vilbald, one of the first settlers in Skaftátunga. The name of the ships was Kúði.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kúðafljót” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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