Norðurá (Borgarfjörður)

Norðurá with the waterfall Glanni Bifrost

The river is a river in West Norðurá Iceland in the municipality of Borgarbyggð and the District Mýrasýsla.

Most important data

The average amount of water in summer is 10-40 m³ / sec and Winter 6-30 m³ / Sek.Der flow has a length of 62 km.

Course

The river rises on the plateau Holtavörðuheiði. From there it flows through the Norðurárdalur and opens into the Hvítá.

Collective flow

It is a so-called collection flow, ie receives a flow of numerous other rivers and in the summer after heavy rains and spring, when the snow melts, it can swell up. Therefore, when the vegetation reaches him by no means down to the water surface. In contrast, there are source rivers like the suction or glacial rivers like the Jökulsá Fjöllum.

Salmon River

The river is known as one of the best salmon rivers in the Landes.Man recognizes fishing areas because standing at a riverside path at irregular intervals sign with numbers or place names.

Hiking

On the other hand, there are also beautiful hiking areas hiking trails along the river, for example, with marked to the waterfalls Laxfoss and Glanni just south of Bifrost.

The Norðurártal

The valley of the river Norðurá ( Isl Norðurárdalurinn ) is the longest valley of the County Mýrasýsla, up in the mountains of Holtavörðuheiði close and wide tapering from approximately the level of the service area leatherback.

In Bifrost makes to the east of the massif of the old and the cooled central volcano Hallamúli with the Grjótháls wide. On the western shore, however, are still visible other volcanic mountains, the cone of the leatherback and the smaller Litla leatherback, witnesses of active volcanism around 4 billion years ago, the cliff -like slope of Hraunsneföxl and Grábrók Crater, the northernmost foothills of Ljósufjöll volcano system, a still active volcano system whose central volcano is located about 90 km distance on Snæfellsnes.

Here, too, offer many hiking opportunities, from alpine mountaineering on the leatherback on walks average claim such as over the mountains in the west to the lakes and Langavatn Hítarvatn as well as light walks around the lake Hreðavatn with its modern tree plantings.