These African plains host the largest natural animal migration in the world.
Published Sep 9, 2019
Acquired May 10, 2012, and May 9, 2009, these false-color images compare conditions in southeastern Kenya, affected by floods in 2012.
Published May 10, 2012
Cliffs, waterfalls, and a wide mix of vegetation line a river that winds through the Great Plains in Nebraska.
Published May 29, 2016
A satellite image offers inky evidence of the organic-rich freshwater that the Suwannee River delivers to the Gulf of Mexico.
Published Oct 27, 2018
The river supplies Atlanta with its drinking water and a bit of recreational fun.
Published Nov 13, 2016
Meandering across a wide, relatively flat plain, the White River of Arkansas is no stranger to flooding. With regularity, spring rains push the river over its banks, inundating the flood-adapted forest that surrounds it. The river reached its fifth highest crest of 33.78 feet on April 19, 2008.
Published Apr 26, 2008
In September 2010, water again flowed through this riverbed after several dry years.
Published Oct 8, 2010
Like many rivers across the world, the Nzoia River in western Kenya pushes over its banks annually. In November 2008, the river burst through the dykes to flood the low-lying land around it.
Published Nov 22, 2008
The impact of severe drought on the Negro River, a tributary of the Amazon River, and other rivers in the basin is dramatically evident in this pair of images, which show that every body of water has shrunk in 2010 compared to 2008.
Published Dec 11, 2010
Coming off of the extreme floods of 2011, the river was approaching historic lows in the summer of 2012 near Memphis and along much of its lower reaches.
Published Aug 21, 2012
