Floodplain in Africa (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Floodplain in Africa

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A portion of the global map of Earth's floodplains zooming in on the Niger floodplain in Africa (left) compared to a satellite image (right) from NASA's Earth Observatory database depicting the 2012 flooding in southern Nigeria.

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WRRDC and NASA GSFC

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