Zambia’s Kafue Flats

Annual floods play an important role in the floodplain’s ecosystem, even as the water’s highs and lows have been moderated in recent decades.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Photo by by ATEC-3D, provided by Fritz Kleinschroth and Scott Winton/ETH Zürich. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published April 8, 2021
Data acquired April 1, 2021

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