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Fossar á Íslandi
Ísland er heimkynni þúsunda fossa — frá aðgengilegum risafossum á Gullna hringnum til falinna hálendisgljúfra. Hér eru þeir stæðilegustu.
Fossamenning Íslands
Ísland er heimkynni þúsunda fossa þökk sé jöklum, eldfjallalegum ám og dramatísku landslagi. Samsetning risajökla sem bráðna í hraðrennslisár, ásamt brattar klettahléðslur Íslands, skapar einhverja af þeim stæðilegustu fossasenurnar á jörðinni.
Margir fossar eru auðveldlega aðgengilegir beint frá Hringveginum á Suðurströndinni, þar á meðal þremenningarnir Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss og Gullfoss á Gullna hringnum. Aðrir krefjast gönguleiðar um fjarlægar dali eða aksturs á hálendis F-vegum.
Íslenska orðið fyrir foss er foss — sem þú munt sjá í næstum öllum fossnöfnum: Gullfoss, Skógafoss, Seljalandsfoss. Ísland hefur fleiri fossa á ferkílómetra en næstum hvar annars staðar á jörðinni.
Fossarnir á Íslandi eru mataðir af jöklum, lindum og úrkomu. Þeir stærstu, eins og Dettifoss, flytja jökulbruðningssvatn frá risaVatnajöklinum. Aðrir eins og Hraunfossar spretta upp undan fornum hrauni í allt einstæðu fyrirbæri.
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212 fossar í gagnagrunni okkar — frá þekktum Hringvegsstöðvum til falinna perlna
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Heimsókn að fossum Íslands
Besti tími til heimsóknar
- •Sumar (júní–ágúst): Mesta vatnsrennsli vegna jökulleysingar, langir dagstímar
- •Vetur (nóv–mars): Dramatískar íssmíðar, mögulegar norðurljósabakgrunnar
- •Vor (apríl–maí): Hröð snjóleysing, fátt um mannfólk
- •Haust (sept–okt): Gullnar litir, þægileg hitastig
Hvað á að taka með
- •Vatnsheld jakki og buxur — alltaf
- •Vatnsheld skór með ökkulstuðningi
- •Myndavél með UV filter til að vernda gegn úða
- •Hlynntlit — veður breytist fljótt á Íslandi
- •Pólarisjörundarlinsa fyrir ljósmyndun
Öryggisráð
- •Farðu aldrei yfir öryggishlið eða reipi — slys geta gerst
- •Stöðvaðu ekki beint undir úðaflóð fossans lengi
- •Notaðu goda skó — blautar hellur eru mjög hálkar
- •Athugaðu vegaástand áður en þú ferð að hálendisfossum (safetravel.is)
- •Segðu einhverjum frá áætlunum þínum ef þú ferð í göngutúr á fjarlægar staðsetningar
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Morsárfoss at 228 metres is technically the tallest, but it is very remote. Glymur at 198 metres is the tallest accessible waterfall in Iceland and is popular for hiking. Hengifoss (128m) and Háifoss (122m) are also among the tallest.
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