#river deltas

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Map detail from A Sketch of the Mississippi River Eads’ Jetties - 1871.

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river deltas I love you

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Indescribable beauty 🌊🌳🐘

Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta is a vast inland river delta in northern Botswana. It's known for its sprawling grassy plains, which flood seasonally, becoming a lush animal habitat. The Moremi Game Reserve occupies the east and central areas of the region. Here, dugout canoes are used to navigate past hippos, elephants and crocodiles. On dry land, wildlife includes lions, leopards, giraffes and rhinos.

Photo 📷 @Solly Levi Photography

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Delta of the Mississippi Surveyed - 1839.

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"Earth's Treasure"

Streams of blue and yellow braid across Iceland's volcanic landscape in this award-winning photo from Miki Spitzer. Glacial water shows an icy blue and sediments glisten in gold. Together, their interplay creates an arresting delta viewed from above. (Image credit: M. Spitzer; via WNPA) Read the full article

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Growing Downstream

This astronaut photo shows Madagascar's largest estuary, as of 2024. On the right side, the Betsiboka River flows northwest (right to left, in the image).  (Image credit: NASA; via NASA Earth Observatory) Read the full article

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The Delta Series

It's easy in the rush of our daily lives to forget just how dynamic rivers are. In his "Delta Series" conservation photographer Paul Nicklen explores that ever-changing nature from above the Colorado River delta. (Image credit: P. Nicklen; via Colossal)

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Siberia's Lena River Delta

As rivers near the sea, they often slow down and branch out, creating intricate paths through delta wetlands. This video explores the Arctic's largest river delta, that of the Lena River in Siberia, during its spring and summer flood season.  (Image credit: N. Kuring/NASA's Ocean Color Web; video credit: K. Hansen; via NASA Earth Observatory) Read the full article