The meandering Missouri River doubled back on itself and formed this U-shaped lake.
Published Jan 13, 2014
Acquired September 5, 2010, this false-color image shows the Indus River and nearby Manchhar Lake, both swollen by floods.
Published Sep 10, 2010
This false-color image shows the central part of the Vakhsh River, including the Nurek Dam and reservoir.
Published Nov 25, 2008
Accessed October 11, 2009, August 11, 2010, and October 12, 2010, these false-color images show lingering effects of the 2010 monsoon season in Pakistan.
Published Oct 12, 2010
Because the river irrigates millions of acres of farms, the seasonal cycle changes not just the river, but also the surrounding landscape.
Published Sep 13, 2011
Acquired July 19, August 11, and September 7, 2010, these false-color images span a 50-day period in which the Indus River spawned a parallel river to the west.
Published Sep 7, 2010
In the past few centuries, a river in northwestern Canada stopped wandering and assumed a more direct route to the sea.
Published Sep 4, 2012
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
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
This false-color image from April 1, 2002, shows numerous braided channels and oxbow lakes along the Songhua River in northeastern China, just upstream of the city of Harbin.
Published Dec 27, 2005
