List of rivers of Iceland
The Álfar
On an island like Iceland, no rivers are very long. None of the rivers are important as a means of navigation due to the impracticality of settlements in the Highlands of Iceland where they originate. The most important rivers are:
South Iceland
- Hvítá
- Krossá
- Kúðafljót
- Markarfljót
- Múlakvísl
- Ölfusá (the greatest flow of an Icelandic river)
- Rangá
- Skeiðará
- Skógá
- Sog
- Þjórsá (the longest river of Iceland, 230 km)
- Tungnaá
West Iceland
- Fossá
- Hvítá, Borgarfjörður
- Norðurá (Borgarfjörður)
Westfjords
- Dynjandi
- Staðará (Steingrímsfirði)
North Iceland
- Blanda
- Eyjafjarðará
- Eystri Jökulsá
- Fnjóská
- Glerá
- Héraðsvötn
- Hörgá
- Jökulsá á Fjöllum
- Laxá
- Norðurá (Skagafjarðarsýsla)
- Skjálfandafljót
- Vatnsdalur
East Iceland
The mouth of the Hamarsá, Hamarsfjörður
- Hamarsá
- Jökulsá á Dal
- Jökulsá í Fljótsdal
- Jökulsá í Lóni
- Lagarfljót
- Selfljót
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