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Site description (2000 baseline)
A large area of rivers, streams, lakes, pools and extensive riparian marshes/mires of sedge (Carex, Eriophorum), c.18 km south of the Geysir hot-spring area. Tunguey is an island. Pond-weed Potamogeton is common in pools, and Salix bushes are common on land in the drier areas.

Key biodiversity
Hrosshagavík is important for staging waterbirds in spring and autumn. A wide variety of waterbirds breed in the area.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pollengi-Hrosshagavik (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pollengi-hrosshagavik-iba-iceland on 23/12/2024.