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Springtime flooding in southern Siberia is not unusual. Melting snow fills the north-flowing rivers in the south even as upstream sections of the river are still frozen. Floods build up behind dams of ice, or simply build under the fast flow of spring runoff. Spring of 2006 was not exceptional.
NASA images created Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC.
Published May 8, 2006 Data acquired May 2, 2006