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of Geysir, Hvita forms the large waterfall Gullfoss. Towards the 

 west, another river named Hvita. flow r s down through the district 

 of Borgarfjord; it carries a great volume of water and ils lower 

 course is navigahle. In the north-western peninsula there are no 

 large rivers, but in North Iceland many such occur, among others 

 Blanda, which issues from Arnarfellsjokull and flows into Hiinafloi. 

 From the same Jokull issues also Hjeraflsvotn which flows through 

 the district of Skagafjord and empties itself into the fjord by two 



Fig. 3. The river Hvita flowing through the district of Borgarfjord. 



mouths. Three rivers of rather large volume Horga, Eyjafjar5ara 

 and Fnjoska - -enter Eyjafjordur. Then there is Skjalfandafljot which 

 issues from Tungnafellsjokull and flows through the Bardardalur; 

 it has many waterfalls, among which Godafoss is the best-known. 

 Jokulsa a Fjollum, one of the best-supplied rivers of Iceland, empties 

 into Axarfjord and in its lower course falls through a deep cleft and 

 forms Iceland's grandest waterfall, Dettifoss. In East Iceland two 

 large rivers are noticeable, Jokulsa a Bru nnd Lagarfljot, both of 

 which issue by many arms from the north edge of Vatnajokull and 

 fall into Hjeradsfloi, after the latter river has expanded into a deep, 

 oblong lake. Besides the numerous cataracts in the large rivers, 

 there are also beautiful cascades (Fossar) in the smaller streams; 

 of these the better-known are Hengifoss in Fljotsdalshjerad, Glymur 

 in Botnsdalur, Dynjandi in ArnarfjorSur in the north-western pen- 



