Gullfoss (Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss
is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide
Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometre above the falls it turns
sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step
"staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into
a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (60 ft) wide, and
2.5 km in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The
average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s.
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