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
• Kolbeinsá
• 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