Vísindavefurinn: Hver er stærsti foss í heimi?

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Einlægar og vandaðar spurningar um mikilvæg efni eru líklegastar til að kalla fram vönduð og greið svör. Ekki er víst að tími vinnist til að svara öllum spurningum.</p> <p>Persónulegar upplýsingar um spyrjendur eru eingöngu notaðar í starfsemi vefsins, til dæmis til að svör verði við hæfi spyrjenda. Spurningum er ekki sinnt ef spyrjandi villir á sér heimildir eða segir ekki nægileg deili á sér.</p> <p>Spurningum sem eru ekki á verksviði vefsins er eytt.</p> <p>Að öðru leyti er hægt að spyrja Vísindavefinn um allt milli himins og jarðar!</p> <div class="content-left-sep"></div> </div> <form action="/hvers_vegna.php?id=" method="POST" name="question_send"> <div class="md-fields"> <input type="hidden" name="step" value="4"> <div class="md-input"> <label for="s-fname">Nafn</label> <input type="text" name="f_name" class="send-input" id="s-fname" required="required" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="l_name" class="send-input" id="s-sname" value=""> </div> <div class="md-input"> <label for="s-email">Netfang</label> <input type="email" name="email" class="send-input" id="s-email" required="required" value=""> </div> <div class="md-input"> <label for="s-byear">Fæðingarár</label> <input type="number" name="birthyear" class="send-input" id="s-byear" maxlength="4" required="required" value=""> </div> <div class="md-input"> <label for="s-math">Ruslpóstvörn</label> <input type="hidden" name="vv_math_problem_hash_id" class="vv_math_problem_hash_id" id="vv_math_problem_hash_id" value=""> <input type="text" name="vv_math_problem_answer" id="vv_math_problem_answer" class="send-input" valuesize="2" maxlength="2" required="required" style="width: 30%;"> <span class="s-math-container"> = <span class="math_problem_num1_txt"></span> <img class="math_problem_math_icon" src="" /> <span class="math_problem_num2_txt"></span> </span> </div> <div class="md-input"> <label for="s-question">Spurning</label> <textarea type="text" name="question" class="send-input i-question" id="s-question" rows="6" required="required"></textarea> </div> </div> <div class="md-actions"> <button type="button" value="" class="btn btn-white"><i data-feather="x"></i> Hætta við</button> <button type="submit" value="Senda" class="btn send-button"><i data-feather="check"></i> Senda</button> </div> </form> </div> <section class="layout"> <div class="main-content"> <div class="backdrop-blue">  <div class="article-header layout-item"> <div class="breadcrumbs-button"> <img class="br-arrow" src="/design/i_vv/icon-arrow-left.svg"> <img class="br-home" src="/design/i_vv/icon-home.svg"> <a class="br-back" href="/">Forsíða</a> <a href="/vegna_thess.php?id=1">Náttúruvísindi og verkfræði</a> <a href="/vegna_thess.php?id=61">Landafræði</a> <span>Hver er stærsti foss í heimi?</span> </div> <div class="headline-elements"> <div class="breadcrumbs"> <div class="b-left"> <p class="top">Flokkun:</p> </div> <div class="b-right"> <span class="b-date">18.3.2000</span> <div class="b-cat"> <a href="/vegna_thess.php?id=1">Náttúruvísindi og verkfræði</a> <a href="/vegna_thess.php?id=61">Landafræði</a> </div> </div> </div> <h1>Hver er stærsti foss í heimi?</h1> <p class="authors"> Stefán Ingi Valdimarsson </p> </div>   </div> </div> <div class="article-wrapper layout-item"> <section class="content-left"> <article class="default-article"> <section class="article-text" id="vv-article-text-area"> <div id="readspeaker_button1" class="rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve" style="text-align: right; 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