点评:.The sight of the waterfall was amazing as it cascaded down the mountain rocks.The average amount of water running down the waterfall is 141 cubic metres (5,000 cu ft) per second in the summer and 80 cubic metres (2,800 cu ft) per second in the winter. The highest flood measured was 2,000 cubic metres (71,000 cu ft) per second.During the first half of the 20th century and some years into the late 20th century, there was much speculation about using Gullfoss to generate electricity. During this period, the waterfall was rented indirectly by its owners, Tómas Tómasson and Halldór Halldórsson, to foreign investors. However, the investors' attempts were unsuccessful, partly due to lack of money.Sigríður Tómasdóttir, daughter of the co-owner, is popularly credited with saving the waterfall from exploitation, advocating for legal protections against foreign control of it and reportedly threatening to throw herself down the falls.A stone memorial above the falls depicts her profile.The waterfall was later sold to the Icelandic government and was made a permanent conservation site in 1979.
翻译:瀑布从山岩上倾泻而下的景象令人叹为观止。夏季平均流速为每秒141立方米(5,000立方英尺),冬季平均流速为每秒80立方米(2,800立方英尺)。最高水量达每秒2,000立方米(71,000立方英尺)。20世纪上半叶以及20世纪末的几年间,人们曾多次猜测利用黄金瀑布发电。在此期间,瀑布的所有者托马斯·托马森(Tómas Tómasson)和哈尔多尔·哈尔多尔森(Halldórsson)将瀑布间接出租给外国投资者。然而,投资者的尝试未能成功,部分原因是缺乏资金。共同所有人的女儿 Sigríður Tómasdóttir 因拯救瀑布免遭开发、倡导法律保护以防止外国控制瀑布而广受赞誉,据报道她曾威胁要跳下瀑布。瀑布上方的石碑上刻有她的侧影。瀑布后来被卖给了冰岛政府,并于 1979 年成为永久保护区。