Skeiðará
E915294
Skeiðará is a glacial river in southeastern Iceland that flows from the Vatnajökull ice cap across the Skeiðarársandur outwash plain toward the Atlantic Ocean.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jökulsá á Breiðamerkursandi | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacial river ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Glacial rivers
ⓘ
Rivers of Iceland ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Iceland ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Icelandic Ring Road (Route 1) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Vatnajökull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fedBy | glacial meltwater ⓘ |
| flowsAcross | Skeiðarársandur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | southward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Skeiðarársandur outwash plain ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | subarctic ⓘ |
| hasFloodType | jökulhlaup ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalSetting | outwash plain ⓘ |
| hasGeomorphologicalProcess |
channel migration
ⓘ
sandur formation ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
bridge destruction risk
ⓘ
glacial flooding ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalRegime | glacially dominated ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalType | braided river ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Icelandic ⓘ |
| hasNearbyInfrastructure | bridges on Route 1 ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Vatnajökull National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutflowTo | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiskFor | transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalVariation | high ⓘ |
| hasSedimentSource |
glacial till
ⓘ
volcanic ash ⓘ |
| hasWaterSource | glacier melt ⓘ |
| isInfluencedBy |
climate conditions of South Iceland
ⓘ
volcanic activity under Vatnajökull ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large jökulhlaup events
ⓘ
transport of volcanic sediments ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southeastern Iceland ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Skeiðarárjökull glacier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Öræfi region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Icelandic South Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Skeiðará (Skeiðar river) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Vatnajökull National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Austurland (Eastern Region) of Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| source | Vatnajökull ice cap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Jökulsá á Breiðamerkursandi