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EXPLANATION AND USE OF TABLE.
It is intended that the table gives the reader a
reasonably clear picture of floods in Icelandic
rivers. Rivers are arranged by position. The table
begins with Faxaflói and then moves northwards
and eastwards, clockwise around the country; some
of the main rivers are listed, others omitted.
Further explanation is necessary. The numbers
with the following explanations refer to the columns
in the table. It would doubtless make it easier if
readers realize at the outset that the tabie comprises
three main sections.
0030 refer to position and physical
conditions.
0O show mean flow values.
0 O O are reserved for the floods.
o Number of water level recorder in the national
network of the Hydrological Survey, National
Energy Authority.
0 Name of river and gauging station
0 Type of river. D = direct run-off river (Icel.
dragá), L = springfed river (Icel. lindá), J =
glacial river (Icel. jökulá), S = lake (Icel.
stöðuvatn) which evens out flow significantly.
o Drainage area in kmL>.
© Long-term average discharge. MQ in m3/s.
Run-off, Mq, in liters per second per km2. The
number of years of the recording period is
shown; 1980 is the latest year to which the table
refers.
0 Maximum and minimum month of the record-
ing period, the monthly value of water amount
being given as % of the annual value. It should
be pointed out that ifevery month was ofequal
length and the run-offwas even throughout the
year, each month would be 8.3% ofthe annual
value.
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