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A waterfall on Iceland's Hvita River in a canyon along the country's Golden Circle tourist route, dropping in two stages into a narrow gorge. Early twentieth century campaigns to prevent its damming for hydroelectric power are remembered as a landmark moment in Icelandic environmental conservation.

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