Seasonal Floods in Queensland, Australia

Near the eastern border of Australia’s dry interior, an intricate network of riverbeds and streams cut across the ancient clay soil, a floodplain that water forgot. Called the Channel Country, the region receives very little rain and only flows with water after summer monsoon rains drench the highland to its north and east. The slow-moving flood drains into the dry streams and rivers, pooling in sometimes-present lakes, such as Lake Yamma Yamma and Lake Eyre. One of the larger channel rivers is Cooper Creek, shown in these images collected by the MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite on May 4, and when you mouse over the image, on April 24, 2006.

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Jeff Schmaltz

Published May 8, 2006
Data acquired May 4, 2006

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Collection:

MODIS Image of the Day