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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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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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Fizzy Tropical Rivers
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Fizzy Tropical Rivers

Long overlooked, it is increasingly clear that streams and rivers play a key role in the carbon cycle.

Published Jul 20, 2018

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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 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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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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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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Paraná River Floodplain, Brazil
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Paraná River Floodplain, Brazil

Merging rivers paint the landscape with muddy sediment.

Published Mar 19, 2012

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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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Floods Across Africa’s Sahel
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Floods Across Africa’s Sahel

Published Sep 8, 2006

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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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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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The Sinuous Shenandoah
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The Sinuous Shenandoah

An ancient collision between continents left a series of fractures in the bedrock around Virginia’s Massanutten Mountains. The event spawned some unusual zig-zagging stretches on the Shenandoah River.

Published Dec 5, 2014

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Flooding in Western Russia
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Flooding in Western Russia

As the ground began to thaw and snow melted, the Dnieper River and its tributaries swelled with spring run-off. According to news reports, the rivers caused some damage as flood waters inundated small cities along their banks. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this image of the river system on April 4, 2004. Four major rivers are shown running into the Dnieper, the large river that forms the trunk of this tree-like structure. On the far right is the Desna River, with the Seym River branching off of it. The center right branch is formed by the Sozh River and its tributaries. The center left branch is the Dnieper, and running into it from the top left is the Byarezina River. The far left branch is formed by the Prypyats River.

Published Apr 8, 2004

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