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Floods Recede around the Wabash-Ohio Confluence
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Floods Recede around the Wabash-Ohio Confluence

Acquired June 23, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Wabash-Ohio confluence after 2011 spring floods retreated.

Published Jul 3, 2011

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Flooding along the Wabash and Ohio Rivers
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Flooding along the Wabash and Ohio Rivers

Acquired May 3, 2011, and April 14, 2010, these natural-color images show the confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers.

Published May 5, 2011

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Floodwaters at the Confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers
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Floodwaters at the Confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers

What happens downriver can be largely affected by what happens upriver in the floodplains of major rivers.

Published Mar 15, 2018

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Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at Cairo, IL
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Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at Cairo, IL

The Ohio River becomes a tributary of the Mississippi River directly south of Cairo, Illinois, a small city on the spit of land where the rivers converge. Brown, sediment-laden water flowing generally northeast to south from the Ohio River is distinct from the green and relatively sediment-poor water of the Mississippi River (flowing northwest to south). The color of the rivers in this image is reversed from the usual condition of a green Ohio and a brown Mississippi.

Published Feb 6, 2006

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Lingering Floods along the Mississippi River
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Lingering Floods along the Mississippi River

Acquired May 20, 2011, and April 14, 2011, these false-color images show water levels along the Mississippi River.

Published May 23, 2011

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High Waters along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
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High Waters along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

Acquired March 12, 2011, and February 12, 2011, these false-color images show parts of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers before and after melting snow raised water levels.

Published Mar 14, 2011

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Floods Along the Ohio River
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Floods Along the Ohio River

Heavy rain and snow swelled the rivers of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, pushing many past flood stage during the first two weeks of January 2005. The flooding occurred after several days of rain and snow fell on the already saturated ground of the U.S. Midwest. Since the water could not be absorbed into the soaked ground, it ran off as flood water. The storms were followed by warm temperatures, which melted the snow and produced further flooding. By January 17, some of the flooding had started to recede, but large tracts of land along the Ohio and Wabash Rivers were still under water.

Published Jan 19, 2005

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Mississippi River Well Below Normal
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Mississippi River Well Below Normal

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

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Floods in the Midwestern United States
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Floods in the Midwestern United States

Published Aug 23, 2007

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Flooding Along the Ohio River
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Flooding Along the Ohio River

Heavy rainfall and melting snow, plus some ice jams, raised rivers to their highest stages in nearly 20 years.

Published Mar 20, 2015

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Flooding Slowly Recedes along the Souris River
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Flooding Slowly Recedes along the Souris River

Acquired August 7, 2011, and July 7, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions along the Souris River, which flooded in the summer of 2011.

Published Aug 8, 2011

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