The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1914, Blaðsíða 24

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of Geysir, Hvítá forms the Iarge waterfall Gullfoss. Towards the
west, another river named Hvítá flows dow7n through the district
of Borgarfjord; it carries a great volume of water and ils lower
course is navigable. In the north-western peninsula there are no
large rivers, but in North Iceland many such occur, among others
Blanda, which issues from Arnarfellsjökull and flows into Húnaflói.
From the same Jökull issues also Hjeraðsvötn which ílows through
the district of Skagaíjörd and empties itself into the fjord by two

Fig. 3. The river Hvító flowing íhrough Ihe district of Borgarfjorcl.
mouths. Three rivers of rather large volume — Hörgá, Eyjafjarðará
and Fnjóská — enter Eyjafjörður. Tlien there is Skjálfandafljót which
issues from Tungnafellsjökull and flowrs through the Bárdardalur;
it has many waterfalls, among wliich Godafoss is the best-known.
Jökulsá á Fjöllum, one of the hest-supplied rivers of Iceland, empties
into Axarfjörd and in its lower course falls through a decp cleft and
forms Iceland’s grandest waterfall, Dettifoss. In East Iceland t%vo
large rivers are noticeable, Jökulsá á Brú and Lagarfljót, both of
which issue hy many arms from the north edge of Vatnajökull and
fall into Hjeraðsflói, after the lalter river has expanded into a deep,
oblong lake. Besides the numerous cataracts in the large rivers,
there are also beautiful cascades (Fossar) in the stnaller streams;
of these the better-known are Hengifoss in Fljótsdalshjerad, Glymur
in Botnsdalur, Dynjandi in Arnarfjörður in the north-western pen-