The Red River Flood Plain

Repeated flooding in the Red River basin is mostly due to its topographic setting and geologic history, as illustrated in this image of the ground elevation near Fargo, North Dakota.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using SRTM data provided courtesy of the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility. Caption courtesy NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, edited by Holli Riebeek. The full caption is available on the JPL Photojournal page.

Published April 4, 2009
Data acquired February 11, 2000

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Space Shuttle > SRTM