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Channel Country, Northwest Queensland
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Channel Country, Northwest Queensland

These wide Australian floodplains are unique on the planet. Scientists think they are caused by the extreme variation in water and sediment discharges from the local rivers.

Published Oct 10, 2016

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Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil
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Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

The wide, multi-island zone in the Rio Negro (Black River) shown in this astronaut photograph from September 2, 2006, is one of two, long “archipelagoes” upstream of the city of Manaus (not shown) in central Amazonia. Sixty kilometers of the total 120-kilemeter length of this archipelago appear in this image.

Published Dec 4, 2006

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Meeting of the Waters
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Meeting of the Waters

The confluence of the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões in Brazil is famous for unusual mixing patterns.

Published Sep 7, 2012

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Atlanta Harnesses Green Space to Fight Wastewater
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Atlanta Harnesses Green Space to Fight Wastewater

Researchers and conservationists are taking advantage of existing forests to bolster Atlanta’s natural defenses.

Published Nov 22, 2016

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Flooding in Northern India
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Flooding in Northern India

Acquired October 9, 2011, and November 5, 2005, these false-color images compare conditions in India’s Bihar Province, which experienced serious flooding in 2011.

Published Oct 20, 2011

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Iceland’s Raging Rivers
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Iceland’s Raging Rivers

In a country rich with compelling geologic phenomena, even the rivers are connected to the landscape of fire and ice.

Published Aug 6, 2019

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A River Renewed
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A River Renewed

A one-time pulse of water is bringing a burst of new life to the lower Colorado River.

Published May 1, 2014

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Flooding along the Krishna River
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Flooding along the Krishna River

These false-color images show a portion of the Krishna River in southern India in flood stage on October 5, 2009 (top), and before the flooding on September 10, 2009 (bottom).

Published Oct 5, 2009

Land Floods

Platte River, Nebraska
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Platte River, Nebraska

Published Dec 30, 2003

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Monsoon Transforms the Irrawaddy River
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Monsoon Transforms the Irrawaddy River

Acquired August 2, 2011, and March 6, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions along part of the Irrawaddy River in Burma, which rises substantially during the summer monsoon.

Published Aug 5, 2011

Land Floods

Flooding on the Nzoia River
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Flooding on the Nzoia River

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

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Water Use On Idaho’s Snake River Plain
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Water Use On Idaho’s Snake River Plain

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

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The Water is Wider
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The Water is Wider

A new map of the world’s rivers and their widths shows that surface waterways are collectively wider and cover more area than previously thought.

Published Jul 18, 2018

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Flooding along the Fitzroy River
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Flooding along the Fitzroy River

Acquired January 17 and 30, 2013, these images compare conditions along the Mackenzie-Fitzroy River system.

Published Jan 31, 2013

Land Water Floods

Brazil’s Negro River Reaches Record Low
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Brazil’s Negro River Reaches Record Low

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

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