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Tungna

river, Iceland
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    …and its largest tributary, the Tungna (80 miles [129 km] long), carry away meltwater from Hofsjökull, Vatnajökull (Vatna Glacier), and several smaller glaciers while draining a basin of 2,907 square miles (7,530 square km), the lower third of which is part of the island’s most extensive farming region. Because of…

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    …and its largest tributary, the Tungna (80 miles [129 km] long), carry away meltwater from Hofsjökull, Vatnajökull (Vatna Glacier), and several smaller glaciers while draining a basin of 2,907 square miles (7,530 square km), the lower third of which is part of the island’s most extensive farming region. Because of…

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