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    Gígjukvísl and Skeiðará rivers, which incurred net gains of 29 and 24 cm (11.4 and 9.4 in) respectively during the 1996 jökulhlaup. In the Gígjukvísl...
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    eruption. On 4 December 2021, a jökulhlaup occurred from Grímsvötn into the Gígjukvísl river, with an average flow of 2,600 m3/s (92,000 cu ft/s). Two days later...
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    Parts of the destroyed bridge over Gígjukvísl river on Skeiðarársandur...
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    running instead westwards directly in front of the glacier to the river Gígjukvísl [ˈciːjʏˌkʰvistl̥], so that the river under the long Skeiðará bridge to...
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    weighed up to 5000 tons with icebergs between 100 and 200 tons striking the Gigjukvisl Bridge of the Ring Road (the ruins are well marked with explanatory signs...
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