Sultartangalón
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The lake Sultartangarlón () is situated in the Highlands of Iceland to the north of the volcano Hekla. It is a reservoir of the river Þjórsá. Its surface area is 20 km2.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Sultartangalón
- Lake.image
- Sultartangalón 0036.jpg
- Lake.location
- Highlands of Iceland
- Lake.lake_type
- reservoir
- Lake.inflow
- Þjórsá and Tungnaá
- Lake.outflow
- Þjórsá
- Lake.basin_countries
- Iceland
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Lake.pushpin_map_alt
- Location of Sultartangalón in Iceland.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- reservoir
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Ásahreppur
- Area
- 19
- Elevation
- 297
- Image
- Sultartangalón 0036.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- See also
- References
The lake Sultartangarlón () is situated in the Highlands of Iceland to the north of the volcano Hekla. It is a reservoir of the river Þjórsá. Its surface area is 20 km2.
Many reservoirs have been constructed and are being constructed in the highlands, which raises questions in Icelandic society about the roles and interests of industry and environment.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sultartangalón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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