Markarfljót
Sign in to saveAlso known as Markarfljot
Markarfljót () is a river in the south of Iceland. It is approximately long and has had in pre-history jökulhlaups which would be potentially catastrophic, if a similar sized one was to happen in the future.
Key facts
- River.name
- Markarfljót
- River.image
- Markarfljót.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Markarfljót near Þórsmörk with Þórólfsfell in the background
- River.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- River.source1
- Mýrdalsjökull
- River.source2
- Eyjafjallajökull
- River.source3
- Tindfjallajökull
- River.source4
- Torfajökull
- River.mouth_location
- near Landeyjahöfn
- River.basin_population
- 1000 plus
- River.tributaries_left
- Hvítmaga, Innri-Botná, Fossá, Þórólfsá, Marðará
- River.tributaries_right
- Innri-Emstruá, Ljósá, Þröngá, Krossá (Markarfljót), Jökulsá, Merkurá, Seljalandsfoss
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Markarfljot 01.jpg
- Length
- 100
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Markarfljót
- discharge
- 70
- native label
- Markarfljót
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Discharges
- Risk
- Infrastructure
- References
Markarfljót () is a river in the south of Iceland. It is approximately long and has had in pre-history jökulhlaups which would be potentially catastrophic, if a similar sized one was to happen in the future.
== Geography == The Markarfljót rises in the Rauðafossafjöll massif, east of the volcano Hekla and drains the Grænafjall, Framfjall (to the east) and Emstrur, Almenningar (to the west) basins. The main sources for the river are the glaciers Mýrdalsjökull (including Sléttjökull, Entujökull, Hrútárökull outlet glaciers and the Goðalandsjökull ice margin) and Eyjafjallajökull (including Steinsholtsjökull, Gígjökull and Eyjafjallajökull outlet glaciers). It flows through narrow gorges in the mountainous area between the glaciers Tindfjallajökull and Torfajökull (and Kaldaklofsjökull), which are also sources, then spreads in the wide Markarfljótsaurar sandur plains at Iceland's south coast, near Þórsmörk. The Markarfljót takes its course first north, then west of Þórsmörk and finally empties into the Atlantic west of Eyjafjallajökull.
On the map
10 mapped locations