Floods
Flowing down a gentle gradient, the river often spills onto floodplains during the rainy season.
Image of the Day Land Water
Acquired February 12, 2010, and February 9, 2011, these false-color images show Namibia’s easternmost province of Caprivi before and after floods along the Zambezi River.
Land Floods
Seasonal rain sends the Zambezi River spilling into broad floodplains in eastern Namibia every year.
Image of the Day Land Water Floods
Water stretches across kilometers of land in Namibia's Caprivi strip in this Terra MODIS image from April 14, 2009.
Image of the Day Land Floods
Water flowed from the flooded Zambezi River into the wetland in northern Namibia shown in this image.
Land Life Floods Human Presence
Rivers throughout the western portion of southern Africa were visibly flooded on March 25, 2009, when this image was captured.