Limpopo River Plume

Mozambique's flooded Limpopo River (light brown above and left of the center of this SeaWiFS image) seems to be feeding a large phytoplankton bloom offshore.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published March 13, 2000
Data acquired March 13, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton

Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton

Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Floods

Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Rivers/Streams