Iceland review - 2013, Qupperneq 87

ICELAND REVIEW 85
natural treasures

The Environment Agency of Iceland (EAI)
lists 104 protected areas, divided into
national parks, nature reserves, country
parks and natural monuments. The lat-
est additions are the waterfalls Álafoss in
Southwest Iceland and Tungufoss in the
central highlands, which became natural
monuments in April. Twenty of the 104
protected areas are on the country’s red-
list of endangered areas, including the
popular travel destination Lake Mývatn
in Northeast Iceland. The EAI is set to
improve the condition of these areas; sev-
eral, such as Dyrhólaey promontory in
South Iceland, have already been moved to
the orange list thanks to their efforts. ESA
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f&fLots of salmon, a few national parks and other info
about the island rock of Iceland.
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The top ten salmon rivers in Iceland, according
to the latest figures, are: number one, Ytri Rangá
(South Iceland) with 4,618 salmon; number two,
the nearby Eystri Rangá with 4,398 salmon;
three Miðfjarðará (Northwest Iceland) with
2,365 salmon; four Norðurá (West Iceland) with
2,131 salmon; ranked fifth is Selá (East Iceland)
with 2,053 salmon; sixth is Blanda (Northwest
Iceland) with 2,036 salmon; number seven Langá
(West Iceland) with 1,905 salmon; eighth is
nearby Þverá with 1,818 salmon; coming in at
number nine is Haffjarðará (West Iceland) with
a catch of 1,527; and last on the list is Breiðdalsá
(East Iceland) with 1,430 salmon. Elliðaár river
in the capital is not in the top ten but is also
considered an excellent salmon fishing river
with a catch of 888 in the summer of 2011. PS
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