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Dettifoss is a waterfall of 44 m high, located on the course of the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum, Iceland. It is located in northern Iceland, in the canyon of the Jökulsá á Fjöllum between Selfoss and Hafragilsfoss falls somewhat isolated in the desert. However, it is easily accessible by road F864 F862 east and west, sufficiently well maintained to be borrowed by conventional passenger vehicles.

 

Situated 308 meters, she rushes off a cliff consists of recent basalt (Quaternary). This drop is due to the formation of a normal fault related to the divergence that takes place at the back of the Icelandic graben. For it is said that this is the most powerful in Europe, with a rate of about 200 m3⋅s-1

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Uploaded on August 10, 2015