Rivière· 50 segments
Skjálfandafljót
Crosses 4 administrative regions : Aðaldælahreppur, Bárðdælahreppur, Ljósavatnshreppur, Reykdælahreppur
Total length
171km
Max discharge
80,4m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
50
River geography4 admin regions · 0 communes
4 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- BárðdælahreppurNorðurland eystra · Iceland174.3 kmin this dpt
- LjósavatnshreppurNorðurland eystra · Iceland28.0 kmin this dpt
- AðaldælahreppurNorðurland eystra · Iceland1.3 kmin this dpt
- ReykdælahreppurNorðurland eystra · Iceland0.8 kmin this dpt
4 intersecting protected areas
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN IINational Park
Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður
IUCN Not ReportedEmerald Network
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Goðafoss
IUCN IIINatural Monument
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 50 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
146 distinct species · 288 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Skjálfandafljót : 10 espèces reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 15.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
171km
Max discharge
80,4m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
50
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.