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A Satellite View of River Width
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A Satellite View of River Width

As they prepare for a satellite that will measure the height and areal extent of rivers in unprecedented detail, hydrologists have released a better map of North American river widths.

Published Jul 9, 2015

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When Rivers are Borders
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When Rivers are Borders

A new dataset reveals interesting patterns about where and why rivers define national borders.

Published Sep 17, 2020

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The River of No Return
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The River of No Return

The Salmon River in Idaho, one of the longest free-flowing rivers in the United States, rushes through a geologic wonderland of wooded ridges, eroded bluffs, and stone towers and crags.

Published Jul 22, 2020

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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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The Big Muddy, Western Edition
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The Big Muddy, Western Edition

Flowing past the city of Vancouver, the Fraser River delivers a thick plume of sediment to the Strait of Georgia.

Published Mar 14, 2012

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How Rivers Shape States
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How Rivers Shape States

Many state and local boundaries around the world—including many in the United States—are the product of rivers.

Published Sep 8, 2020

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Kuiseb River Reaches the Sea
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Kuiseb River Reaches the Sea

Acquired April 2, 2011, and February 27, 2011, these natural-color images show rising waters on the Kuiseb River, which flowed all the way to the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in decades.

Published Apr 12, 2011

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Flooding along the James River, South Dakota
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Flooding along the James River, South Dakota

Acquired May 1, 2011, this natural-color image shows the James River completely filling the river valley near Jamesville, South Dakota.

Published May 3, 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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Connecticut River Oxbow
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Connecticut River Oxbow

Floods and new infrastructure have long since separated the distinctive bend in the river that was portrayed by landscape painter Thomas Cole in 1836.

Published Oct 15, 2017

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A Shape-Shifting River in Bolivia
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A Shape-Shifting River in Bolivia

The course of the Maniqui and other small rivers in the Amazon Basin can shift dramatically in just a few years.

Published Dec 21, 2016

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Lago Erepecu and Rio Trombetas, Brazil
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Lago Erepecu and Rio Trombetas, Brazil

In this astronaut photo, the mirror-like reflection of sunlight off water makes the Trombetas River and Lake Erepecu in the Brazilian Amazon stand out from the deep green forest.

Published Sep 21, 2009

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Appalachian Mountains
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Appalachian Mountains

Among the oldest mountains in the world, the Appalachian chain is now relatively low but visually striking.

Published Jan 7, 2013

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The Many Meanders of the Juruá
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The Many Meanders of the Juruá

Heavy sediment loads play a role in making it one of the most sinuous rivers in the Amazon Basin.

Published Nov 13, 2019

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Songhua River
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Songhua River

This false-color image from April 1, 2002, shows numerous braided channels and oxbow lakes along the Songhua River in northeastern China, just upstream of the city of Harbin.

Published Dec 27, 2005

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Swakop River reaches Atlantic Ocean
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Swakop River reaches Atlantic Ocean

Acquired April 2, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Swakop River draining into the Atlantic Ocean just south of Swakopmund.

Published Apr 12, 2011

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Mackenzie Meets Beaufort
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Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

Canada’s largest and longest river delivers vast amounts of fresh water and sediment to the sea.

Published Aug 6, 2017

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A Blackwater River Meets the Sea
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A Blackwater River Meets the Sea

A satellite image offers inky evidence of the organic-rich freshwater that the Suwannee River delivers to the Gulf of Mexico.

Published Oct 27, 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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Floods on the Lena River
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Floods on the Lena River

In the span of three weeks, spring crept over the Siberian landscape surrounding the northern half of the Lena River. Many of the rivers in Earth’s temperate zones run high in the spring when melting snow and spring rain flood river basins. On the Lena River, however, spring flooding is almost inevitable for another reason: ice. Like other north-flowing rivers, the upper reaches of the Lena melt before their downstream counterparts. Because the northern mouth of the river remains frozen while the southern body of the river flows freely, water naturally builds behind the ice, forming a temporary reservoir that drains as the ice dwindles.

Published Jun 2, 2007

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