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Blanda

The Blanda is a river in Iceland which flows northwards from the northwest side of the Hofsjökull glacier into Húnaflói bay at Blönduós. The Blanda is one of the longest rivers in the country, with a length of about 125 km, and has a catchment area estimated at 2370 km². Its source is calculated to lie at a height of 800m. The river is one of the main salmon rivers in Iceland and has often yielded a catch of almost 3000 salmon in one summer. Before the river was dammed in 1990, the salmon spawning grounds reached almost to the foot of the glacier. Blanda hydrolelectric power station uses the drop of the river to generate up to 150 MW of power.

Blanda (city)

Blanda ( Greek: ), and later Blanda Julia, was an ancient city of Lucania, mentioned by Ptolemy among the inland towns of that province; but placed both by Pliny and Mela on or near the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The former writer includes it in Bruttium, but this seems to be a mistake: Livy, who mentions Blanda among the towns which had revolted to the Carthaginians, but were recovered by Fabius in 214 BCE, expressly calls it a Lucanian city. (Liv. xiv. 20; Plin. iii. 5. s. 10; Mel. ii. 4; Ptol. iii. 1. § 70.) The Tabula Peutingeriana also places it on the road along the coast of Lucania. The ruins of Blanda form a major archaeological site at Palecastro di Tortora in the comune of Tortora, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.

Blanda (disambiguation)

Blanda is a river in Iceland.

Blanda may refer to:

  • Blanda (city), an ancient city in Lucania, Italy
  • George Blanda (1927–2010), American football player

Blanda may also refer to:

  • Blanes (Latin: Blanda), a city in Girona, Spain

Usage examples of "blanda".

Blanda were in line at a cafeteria full of people in costumes, human-sized animals with vastly oversized heads, sitting and chatting.

He half-suspected that Blanda might be an imaginary or only a part-time person.

He felt a momentary twinge for Blanda, but decided her natural armor against annoyance would protect her from harm, and what was disaster but an oversized annoyance?

He and Blanda still got the smallest and worst of the meals, the most uncomfortable seats, the least service.

Even the delicate Pipistrella and the demure Blanda carried handfuls of tarts and pastries into the fray.

Morit or Blanda, but he put on a face that he hoped would make them leave him alone.

For the moment, all he wanted to do was enjoy the prospect before him: the rippling brook under the mauve-painted bridge, the scattering of bronzed leaves on the grass, Morit and Blanda standing and looking up at him.

Morit and Blanda followed him doggedly, stopping about twenty feet away.

He could still hear Blanda, but she was a steady, low sound like the brook, a pleasant white noise.

Flannel or Morit and Blanda, but he had very little garden left to behold.

He sprang up in time to see the rear wall burst open, catapulting Bergold, Morit, Blanda, Kenner, Mrs.

He and Blanda had been picked up almost at once by a speedboat operated by a conspirator.

Carefully framed photographs of drearily dull family scenes, like Morit washing a car, or Blanda baking a cake, flashed before him.

Visitor exclaimed, helping Blanda gather up her knitting bag and purse.

Without a glance back, he stalked on toward the restaurant, leaving Blanda behind him to make her foolish apologies.