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.

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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

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Vatnajökull ice cap isSourceOfRiver Skeiðará
this entity surface form: Jökulsá á Breiðamerkursandi