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Site description (2000 baseline)
A complex of freshwater rivers, streams, pools and extensive riparian marshes/mires, c.7 km south of the town of Hella. The area extends from Langanes on the east side of the Eystri-Rangá river (including Lambhagavatn lake and surrounding marshes), along the Eystri-Rangá, Thverá and Ytri-Rangá rivers, to Selalækur farm. The marshes are dominated by sedges (Carex, Eriophorum). The main land-use is non-intensive grazing.

Key biodiversity
The area is particularly important for waterbirds staging in spring, including Pluvialis apricaria (hundreds) and Limosa limosa (730 in 1990). A wide variety of wildfowl, waders and other waterbirds breed in the area.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oddaflod-Lambhagavatn (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oddaflod-lambhagavatn-iba-iceland on 25/12/2024.