Waterfalls of Suðvesturland og Suðurland (The Southwest and The South)

Most of the Suðvesturland og Suðurland waterfalls can be found within a reasonable day trip from the capital city of Reykjavík, where most of Iceland's roughly 300,000 people live.

This makes such waterfalls very popular tourist attractions. One such falls, called

In addition to waterfalls, the South of Iceland tends to be inundated with tourists from around the world as many of the country's natural attractions are concentrated in the wet and misty south. For example, there's the glacial lagoon Jökulsárlón, the wide black-sanded glacially scoured plains before the largest icefield (Vatnajökull) outside the Arctic Circle, the Saga Trail, the narrow glacially carved alpine area of Þorsmork, the giant pair of sea arches at the southern tip known as Dyrhólaey, etc. With such a plethora of world class natural features, the possibilities are numerous, and it's no wonder why this area is so well-visited.

WATERFALLS

Gullfoss	Glymur	Skógafoss
Seljalandsfoss	Gljúfurárfoss	Svartifoss
Waterfalls on the Skógá River	Faxi	Öxarárfoss
Ægissufoss	Arbæjarfoss	Sjávarfoss
Þórufoss	Tröllafoss	Gluggafoss
Kvernufoss	Hundafoss	Magnúsarfoss
Þjófafoss	Foss á Siðu	Stjórnarfoss
Systrafoss	Saga Trail Waterfalls	Southern Ring Road Waterfalls

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