What is Hvítá?
[[Image:Hvítá02.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Hvítá near [[Laugarás]]]] '''Hvítá''' (''white river'') is a [[river]] in [[Iceland]] that starts at the [[Hvítárvatn]] glacier lake on the [[Langjökull]] glacier in the [[highlands of Iceland]] at {{Coord|64|37|N|19|50|W|display=inline,title}}. The river flows for {{convert|40|km}} before dropping down into a narrow gorge at the [[Gullfoss]] waterfall. After this, the river flows between the [[Biskupstungur]] and [[Hrunamannahreppur]] districts. Here, the Hvítá [[Confluence|combines]] with three other rivers: the [[Tungufljót]], the [[Brúará]], and the [[Stóra-Laxá]], doubling the volume of the river. It goes to run through the flatlands near [[Grímsness]] and behind [[Ingólfsfjall]] mountain. Just north of the town of [[Selfoss (town)|Selfoss]] it meets the [[Sog River]] where it becomes the [[Ölfusá]] as it flows into the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. == Related pages == * [[List of rivers of Iceland]] {{europe-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hvita}} [[Category:Rivers of Iceland]]