Kreppa

Kreppa, is the name of deep and wide glacial river that has its source in the west part of the glacier Brúarjökull and joining Jökulsá by Herðubreiðarlindir. In August 1999 there was a flood in the rivers Kreppa and Jökulsá á Fjöllum. This flood, believed to be the greatest in the area for almost a hundred years, caused extensive damage to vegetation at Herðubreiðarlindir, cleared a path for a new branch out of Kreppa, and remodelled the landscape in other ways. The swollen rivers breached the road at Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum and Öxarfjörður, and swept the bridge across the river Sandá in Öxarfjörður out to sea.