List of rivers of Iceland

The Álfar

On an island like Iceland, no rivers are very long. None of the rivers are important as a means of navigation due to the impracticality of settlements in the Highlands of Iceland where they originate. The most important rivers are:

South Iceland 1
West Iceland 2
Westfjords 3
North Iceland 4
East Iceland 5

South Iceland

Hvítá
Krossá
Kúðafljót
Markarfljót
Múlakvísl
Ölfusá (the greatest flow of an Icelandic river)
Rangá
Skeiðará
Skógá
Sog
Þjórsá (the longest river of Iceland, 230 km)
Tungnaá

West Iceland

Fossá
Hvítá, Borgarfjörður
Norðurá (Borgarfjörður)

Westfjords

North Iceland

East Iceland

The mouth of the Hamarsá, Hamarsfjörður

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List of rivers of Iceland