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Because the river irrigates millions of acres of farms, the seasonal cycle changes not just the river, but also the surrounding landscape.
NASA image by Robert Simmon and Jesse Allen, based on Landsat 5 data from the USGS Global Visualization Viewer. Caption by Michon Scott.
Published September 13, 2011 Data acquired September 10, 2009