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The Inland Delta of the Niger River is one of the world’s most productive wetlands.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS) and Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE), Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published November 28, 2021
Data acquired November 2021

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Landsat 8 > OLI
Collection:
International Parks and UNESCO Sites