Þjórsá
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| Þjórsá | |
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| Location | |
| Countries | Iceland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 230 kilometres (140 mi) |
| Designations | |
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| Official name | Thjórsárver |
| Designated | 20 March 1990 |
| Reference no. | 460[1] |
Þjórsá (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈθjour̥sˌauː] ⓘ) is Iceland's longest river[2] at 230 kilometres (140 mi). It is in the south of the island.
Þjórsá is a
Stöng is located.[2] In the lowlands it flows along the eastern border of the Great Þjórsá Lava
.
In the middle of the now rather wide river, there is a big island called Árnessýsla was named after it.
The hringvegur (Road No. 1) traverses the river via a bridge between Selfoss and Hella. Some distance to the southwest the river flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
'Á' signifies river while 'þjór' means bull and is cognate to Danish - tyr, Swedish - tjur and Latin - taurus. According to the Book of Settlement, the river was named after the bovine prow statue of one of the first settlement ships.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Thjórsárver". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-24124-865-2.
- ^ Sumarliðason, Birgir (2018). "River Thjorsa". Nordic Adventure Travel. Archived from the original on 4 Sep 2012. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
External links
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