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Mýrdalssandur

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thumb|right|Mýrdalssandur: By moving the fine material, coarser rock material is separated () Mýrdalssandur () is an outwash plain on the south coast of Iceland.

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outwash plain
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Iceland
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Landskap pa Sydisland. Utsikt till berget Hjorleifshofdi och havet.jpg
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Mýrdalssandur
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  • Location and description
  • Development
  • History of settlements
  • Þykkvabær Monastery
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thumb|right|Mýrdalssandur: By moving the fine material, coarser rock material is separated () Mýrdalssandur () is an outwash plain on the south coast of Iceland.

==Location and description== The outwash plain is located between the rivers of Kúðafljót in the east and Múlakvísl in the west. Both rivers carry water from the Mýrdalsjökull glacier to the sea.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mýrdalssandur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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