For millennia, the river has been the most important water supply in the western Sahara Desert.
Published Oct 27, 2014
The Volga Delta has grown significantly over the past 130 years.
Published Nov 12, 2018
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
The Kalahari Basin in southern Africa experiences dramatic differences in vegetation greenness between the the dry and wet seasons. In the dry season, only the inland Okavango Delta remains lush.
Published Apr 30, 2009
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
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
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
Spain's Ebro Delta has recently experienced tremendous shape-shifting.
Published Mar 13, 2018
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
The Danube Delta is a rich but threatened ecosystem, constantly remodeled by natural and human activities.
Published Feb 16, 2013
These false-color images show the Inner Niger Delta in Mali on August 24, 2009,and September 18, 2009. The September 18 image shows wetlands soaked by rains.
Published Sep 21, 2009
Unlike the mouths of most large rivers in Europe, this region is dominated by grassy and marshy wilderness, not by a major city.
Published Jan 22, 2018
