Markarfljót

Upper Markarfljót with the glacier Myrdalsjökull left. View from north to south

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

The Markarfljót is a river in southern Iceland.

The length of the river is about 100 km. The highest amount of water was measured at once in it was 2100 m³ / sec. during the stone Holt glacier run in 1967.

Headwaters

It rises in the mountain massif of Rauðufossafjöll, east of Hekla. It flows through narrow gorges in the mountainous region between Tindfjallajökull and Torfajökull until he steps out on the wide Sandurebene of the south near the Þórsmörk.

Outcome

The river is already of considerable size, as it flows from the Emstrur. His bed runs first north, then west of Þórsmörk, and he finally flows west of Eyjafjallajökull in the Atlantic.

Collective flow

It is a collective flow.

The water of its tributaries originate mainly from the glaciers Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull.

One of its tributaries is the Krossá flowing through the Þórsmörk and is known for its unpredictability and infamous.