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When Rivers are Borders

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


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using data from Popelka, Sarah, et al. (2020). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published September 17, 2020
Data acquired 2020

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI