This wetland in the interior of Botswana is an oasis for biodiversity in the midst of the arid Kalahari Desert.
Published Jul 28, 2014
The Ebro River Delta, located along the eastern coast of Spain, is one of the largest wetland areas in the western Mediterranean region.
Published Jul 26, 2004
Water travels from the Angolan Highlands to Botswana each year, usually arriving in July. In 2012, the water showed up early, and overflowed into the Savuti River.
Published Jun 5, 2012
Heavy rain and melting snow drove rivers across Central Europe over their banks in early April 2006.
Published Apr 21, 2006
For millennia, the river has been the most important water supply in the western Sahara Desert.
Published Oct 27, 2014
This elevation image shows that the Irrawaddy Delta in Burma (Myanmar) is clearly flat, much of it below five meters in elevation. This low elevation makes the delta particularly prone to flooding from storm surges.
Published Sep 22, 2009
The Volga Delta has grown significantly over the past 130 years.
Published Nov 12, 2018
One of Africa’s largest river systems reaches the Indian Ocean with less water and sediment today than in the past.
Published Dec 12, 2013
The Colorado River is the largest watershed in the southwestern US, emptying into the Salton Trough before reaching the Sea of Cortez. Over the past 2-3 million years, river sediments built a delta that extends from the US-Mexico border for a distance of 87 miles (140 kilometers). However, today the Colorado River delta is undergoing significant erosion and diminishing in size due to the lack of sediment replenishment from upstream sources.
Published Jun 28, 2004
Dark brown squares mark fields that would ordinarily support irrigated crops in California’s Central Valley in this vegetation image. In 2009, a lack of water meant that the crops were not growing well or the fields lay fallow.
Published Aug 16, 2009
In September 2010, water again flowed through this riverbed after several dry years.
Published Oct 8, 2010
The Selenga River Delta, which stretches out into Russia’s Lake Baikal, is carved by an intricate network of channels and levees and surrounded by marshlands.
Published Nov 28, 2011
Amid seasonal flooding, satellites observed a burn scar growing in Botswana.
Published May 30, 2018
Faults and tides have helped to shape the rivers of this delta in East Malaysia.
Published Mar 6, 2018
Natural vegetation and irrigated farmland along the Snake River Plain in Idaho use dramatically different amounts of water during the growing season.
Published Jan 26, 2010
