Gullfoss (Golden Falls; About this sound Icelandic pronunciation (help·info)) is a waterfall located in the canyon of HvÃtá river in southwest Iceland. Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide HvÃtá rushes southward. About a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step staircase and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (60 ft) wide, and 2.5 km in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s.
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