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Selfoss
Location	North of Iceland
Total height	11 m (36 ft)
Watercourse	Jökulsá á Fjöllum

Selfoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsɛlˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall on the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north of Iceland. The river drops over a number of waterfalls over about 30 km before flowing into Öxarfjörður, a bay of the Arctic Sea. The river originates as melt water from the glacier Vatnajökull and therefore the water flow varies depending on the season, the weather and volcanic activity.

A few hundred meters downstream of the 11 m (36 ft)-high waterfall is Dettifoss, the second-most powerful waterfall in Europe. Below the falls, the river passes through a gorge which is part of the Jökulsárgljúfur National Park.

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See also

• Waterfalls of Iceland
• List of waterfalls

References

1. "Sunrise on the Selfoss waterfall". National Geographic Magazine. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on December 17, 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

External links

• "Selfoss". World Waterfall Database.

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