This wetland in the interior of Botswana is an oasis for biodiversity in the midst of the arid Kalahari Desert.
Published Jul 28, 2014
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
In the middle of Mali, part of the landscape gleams like a giant emerald in the otherwise arid brown African Sahel. The gleaming jewel is the Inland Niger Delta.
Published Nov 23, 2007
Sometimes called the Jewel of the Kalahari, the area is an enormous, pristine wetland that almost miraculously appears out of a desert.
Published Jun 27, 2011
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
The Selenga River Delta, which stretches out into Russia’s Lake Baikal, is carved by an intricate network of channels and levees and surrounded by marshlands.
Published Nov 28, 2011
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
With so much of its water diverted, the Colorado River Delta has dried out and lost much of its vegetation and wildlife.
Published Jun 18, 2020
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
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