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Zambezi Flood Plain, Namibia

Originating in swampy wetlands, the river tumbles over one of the world’s largest waterfalls, flows through deep gorges, and spreads across broad floodplains.


Top image: NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Lower image: NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Holli Riebeek with information from Guido van Langenhove, Hydrological Services Namibia.

Published June 1, 2010
Data acquired May 8, 2010

Sources:
EO-1 > ALI
Terra > MODIS