Delta of the River Lena in Northern Russia (IMAGE)
Caption
The figure shows the delta of the river Lena, one of the largest rivers in the world. The river is visible in bright yellow, as it splits and divides into many different channels before meandering towards the sea. Sediments carried by the waters flow through a flat plain, creating the Lena River Delta. Hundreds of small lakes and ponds are visible dotted around the tundra.
According to analysis of atmospheric particle number size distributions from the nearby station (Tiksi, Russia), riverine dissolved organic matter input and subsequent new particle formation is a major source of Arctic aerosol which has been largely overlooked.
Credit
Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA (European Space Agency)
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