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Low Water Level on Lake Kariba

As water dropped to critically low levels, electricity production suffered and power outages plagued Zimbabwe and Zambia.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Allison Nussbaum, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Chart by Lauren Dauphin using altimetry data from the Global Water Monitor. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 14, 2023
Data acquired January 11, 2001 - December 28, 2022

Sources:
JASON-1
JASON-2
JASON-3
Landsat 8 > OLI
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
TOPEX/Poseidon
Terra > MODIS