This false-color image shows the central part of the Vakhsh River, including the Nurek Dam and reservoir.
Published Nov 25, 2008
People from several villages had to relocate to make way for a new dam that will give the country’s supply of electricity a boost.
Published Feb 24, 2018
Brazil’s Porto Primavera Dam sits on the Paraná River, 28 kilometers (17 miles) upstream from the confluence of the Paranapanema and Paraná Rivers. Constructed to provide hydroelectricity, this dam created the Porto Primavera Reservoir
Published Apr 27, 2008
Authorities keeps a watchful eye on ice near a key dam on the Kyiv Reservoir.
Published Mar 31, 2012
Construction of the Belo Monte Dam has transformed a major tributary of the Amazon River in northern Brazil.
Published Oct 6, 2017
The Bafing River travels through Guinea and Mali, and eventually joins with the Senegal River in western Africa. In the 1970s, drought struck the region, prompting a multinational effort to develop irrigation and power generation.
Published Dec 28, 2008
Floods and new infrastructure have long since separated the distinctive bend in the river that was portrayed by landscape painter Thomas Cole in 1836.
Published Oct 15, 2017
The river supplies Atlanta with its drinking water and a bit of recreational fun.
Published Nov 13, 2016
Acquired in 1986 and 1998, these natural-color images show Argentina’s Limay River before and after the creation of a dam and reservoir.
Published Aug 11, 2012
The meandering Missouri River doubled back on itself and formed this U-shaped lake.
Published Jan 13, 2014
The longest river in Asia, the Yangtze River brings mixed blessings to China. Although it meets the water needs of millions of people, the river regularly overflows its banks. To protect residents and land in the lower Yangtze floodplains, China began construction on the Three Gorges Dam in 1994.
Published Jun 13, 2007
Trees have long been cherished here for timber and for the colors they bring to “the Fall Rhapsody.”
Published Oct 24, 2020
Acquired August 10, 2004, and May 12, 2012, these images show big changes along the Elwha River thanks to the largest dam removal in U.S. history.
Published Aug 25, 2012
Acquired May 1, 2011, this natural-color image shows the James River completely filling the river valley near Jamesville, South Dakota.
Published May 3, 2011
