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Markarfljót

The 883rd longest river in the world

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Markarfljót (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈmar̥karˌfljouːt]) is a river in the south of Iceland. It is approximately 100 km (62 mi) long and has had in pre-history jökulhlaups which would be potentially catastrophic, if a similar sized one was to happen in the future.

Flows through: Iceland.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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