Jökulsá á Dal
Jökulsá á Dal, also called Jökulsá á Brú or Jökla, is a river in the northeast of Iceland. Of its original length of 150 km, 25 km are now part of the artificial lake Hálslón created for the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant.
Photo: Biekko, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Austurland, Iceland
- Also known as: “Brú”, “Jökla”, “Jökulsá”, and “Jökulsá á Brú”
Jökulsá á Dal
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: East Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.63453° or 65° 38′ 4″ north
Longitude
-14.34233° or 14° 20′ 32″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
9CQ7JMM5+R3
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Jökulsá á Dal” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Jökulsá á Dal”
- Basque: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Chinese: “布鲁冰河”
- Chinese: “达尔冰河”
- Czech: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Dutch: “Jokulsa a Dal”
- Dutch: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Esperanto: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- French: “Jökulsá á Brú”
- French: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Georgian: “იეკლა”
- Georgian: “იეკულსაუ-აუ-ბრუ”
- Georgian: “იეკულსაუ-აუ-დალი”
- German: “Jökulsa a Bru”
- German: “Jökulsá á Brú”
- German: “Jökulsa a Dal”
- German: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Hebrew: “יוקולסאו אאו ברו”
- Hebrew: “יוקולסאו אאו דל”
- Hebrew: “יוקלה”
- Hungarian: “Jökla”
- Hungarian: “Jökulsá á Brú”
- Hungarian: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Icelandic: “Jökla”
- Icelandic: “Jökulsá á Brú”
- Icelandic: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Italian: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Japanese: “ヨークルスアゥ・アゥ・ダル川”
- Lithuanian: “Jokulsa a Dalis”
- Lithuanian: “Slėnio Jokulsau”
- Mazanderani: “یوکولسا ئا دال”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jökulsá á Brú”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Norwegian: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Polish: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Russian: “Йёкла”
- Russian: “Йёкюльсау-ау-Бру”
- Russian: “Йёкюльсау-ау-Даль”
- Spanish: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Swedish: “Jökulsá á Dal”
- Ukrainian: “Йокульсау ау Даль”
- “Jökulsá á Dal”
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