The swampy wetlands that surround Zambia’s Kafue River were submerged with water on February 14, 2008. The river floods seasonally, but the rainy season of 2007-2008 caused exceptional flooding across southern Africa. Under the influence of unusually intense rains, the Kafue River spanned tens of kilometers.
Published Feb 16, 2008
Water stretches across kilometers of land in Namibia's Caprivi strip in this Terra MODIS image from April 14, 2009.
Published Apr 16, 2009
Acquired August 11, 2011, and July 13, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions along the Ganga (Ganges) River in Bihar, India.
Published Aug 11, 2011
This pair of images illustrates the dramatic flooding of the Zambezi River in Namibia in late March 2009.
Published Apr 2, 2009
