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Dettifoss - Iceland

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The Dettifoss is a waterfall located in northeastern Iceland, not far from Mývatn. It is situated on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, which flows from the Vatnajökull glacier and collects water from a large area in north-east Iceland. It is reputed to be the most powerful waterfall in Europe, having a flow variously estimated at between 200 and 500 cubic metres of water per second, depending on the season and the summer ice melt. The falls are 100 m wide and have a drop of 44 m down to the Jökulsárgljúfur canyon. Dettifoss is located in the national park of Jökulsárgljúfur.

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  • This IS glacial melt water...you know "pure glacier water". What a joke that bottled water is labeled that way :). Glacial water is anything but "pure". It's full of solids that are called "glacial milk" that the glacier scrapes aways as it grows and recedes. A bit down river from Dettifoss, another river joins it and you can really see the difference between the beautiful blue pure water of the incoming river and the opaque tan of Dettifoss's river.

    said photo of jworker2 jworker2 2008.09.18 at 09:04:57 PDT

  • WOW!! That's a lot of water!!!! What beauty this rugged green land has!

    said photo of leckie45 leckie45 2008.01.03 at 17:48:43 PST

  • so where is the water coming from to flow down this waterfall? from a glacier? how far is it from the glacier, I wonder?

    said photo of kellimays kellimays 2007.11.11 at 12:47:52 PST

  • Very good!

    said photo of oomt oomt 2007.11.06 at 12:27:21 PST

  • The water seems to be moving very fast. I agree...bet the noise was very loud.

    said photo of laceydove laceydove 2007.11.06 at 09:05:30 PST

  • Yes, I agree with Diane, it must sounds like hundreds of thunders.. I can see why it`s the most powerful from Europe, thank you for this impressing picture!

    said photo of oecolampade oecolampade 2007.11.02 at 01:29:43 PDT

  • There must have been a loud noise when you were standing there taking this shot!

    said photo of dianeaub dianeaub 2007.10.28 at 10:58:53 PDT

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