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Reservoirs in the South African province are low after three years of unusually dry weather.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and water level chart by Joshua Stevens using data from South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published November 7, 2017
Data acquired October 2014 - October 2017

Sources:
In situ Measurement
Landsat 8 > OLI