Dettifoss
Dettifoss 20210720
Dettifoss is very impressive to see with a width of 100 m and a height of 44 meters. The name Dettifoss means something like “the collapsing waterfall”. When standing in front of the waterfall you know why it is named Detifoss.
It is said that Dettifoss is the most powerful waterfall in Europe with possible volumes up to 500 m3/sec, extremely powerful. The average flow rate is 193 m3/sec.
Dettifoss is located in Iceland’s second largest river Jökulsá Fjollum (206 kilometers) and is fed by the glacier Vatnajökull. The muddy water squeezes itself through a narrow canyon with an average volume of 193 m3 per second and ends in the Arctic Ocean. The area is part of the Jökulsárgljúfur (glacier river gorge) since 1945 and is one of the four National Parks of Iceland.
Dettifoss was recently featured in the opening scene of the science fiction film Prometheus (2012).
Source European Waterfalls.
Dettifoss
Dettifoss 20210720
Dettifoss is very impressive to see with a width of 100 m and a height of 44 meters. The name Dettifoss means something like “the collapsing waterfall”. When standing in front of the waterfall you know why it is named Detifoss.
It is said that Dettifoss is the most powerful waterfall in Europe with possible volumes up to 500 m3/sec, extremely powerful. The average flow rate is 193 m3/sec.
Dettifoss is located in Iceland’s second largest river Jökulsá Fjollum (206 kilometers) and is fed by the glacier Vatnajökull. The muddy water squeezes itself through a narrow canyon with an average volume of 193 m3 per second and ends in the Arctic Ocean. The area is part of the Jökulsárgljúfur (glacier river gorge) since 1945 and is one of the four National Parks of Iceland.
Dettifoss was recently featured in the opening scene of the science fiction film Prometheus (2012).
Source European Waterfalls.