Corrientes, Argentina (sits on the east bank of the Paraná River, South America’s third largest river. Corrientes is located just inside Argentina, across the river from the southwestern tip of Paraguay.
Published Nov 8, 2004
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
Divided by the Danube River, the city is actually a unification of three different older communities.
Published May 24, 2020
Madrid is the political, economic, and cultural center of Spain.
Published Sep 12, 2016
Acquired December 15, 2009, this true-color image shows Avignon, France, immediately east of the Rhône River. Walls surround the city’s historic center. Industrial-style buildings predominate in the southwest and southeast.
Published Jan 24, 2010
Buenos Aires, the largest city in Argentina, sits near the outflow of the second largest river in South America.
Published Jun 1, 2015
Set on bluffs above the muddy, flood-prone Mississippi River, the city has long been a crossroads of water-borne and land transportation in the heartland of America.
Published Feb 9, 2015
The approximate boundary between Europe and Asia is defined by the Ural River and the Ural Mountains to its north. The Ural River flows to the great inland Caspian Sea and gives its name to the city of Uralsk on its banks. International Space Station astronauts acquired a series of images of Uralsk, highlighting the city under different lighting conditions. This view shows the sunglint (light reflected from the water surface towards the observer) on the rivers, lakes, and ponds of the Ural flood plain (right side of image) and that of a tributary, the Chogan River (bottom). The cityscape of Uralsk, on the headland between the two, is relatively difficult to see because the water and sunglint dominate the scene.
Published Nov 14, 2005
A saddle-shaped mountain distinguishes a region that carries a heavy economic load for Mexico.
Published May 10, 2017
Peculiar shaped agricultural fields comprise what may be a unique pattern on Earth for its size and repetitiveness.
Published Mar 25, 2019
From the wreckage of World War II, Poles rebuilt a part of their 800-year history in the midst of a thoroughly modern city.
Published Mar 4, 2014
Alpine in character and perennial in flow, the river is a crucial resource for hydroelectricity, irrigation, transportation, and tourism.
Published Nov 25, 2018
A photograph from the space station shows some of the natural features that have governed the growth of the city.
Published Dec 22, 2014
The largest river on the planet, the Amazon, forms from the confluence of the Solimões (the upper Amazon River) and the Negro at the Brazilian city of Manaus in central Amazonas. At the river confluence, the muddy, tan-colored waters of the Solimões meet the “black” water of the Negro River. The unique mixing zone where the waters meet extends downstream through the rainforest for hundreds of kilometers, and is a famous attraction for tourists from all over the world. The tourism contributes to substantial growth in the city of Manaus. Twenty years ago the large park near the city center (center) lay on the eastern outskirts of Manaus.
Published Feb 12, 2005
