The long detour of Rio Paraiba do Sul, Brazil

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 19 August 2021 at 13:12:51 UTC
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Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 August 2021 at 12:53:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 13 December 2021 from 08:29:50 to 08:30:40 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 20 December 2021 from 08:21:28 to 08:22:18 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): River, hydrology, mountain range, Brazil
Fig. 1 - COP-DEM - Rio Paraiba do Sul starts its course 20 km from the sea but its mouth is located 1137 km from its source.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (13-20.12.2021) - Its source is on the Brazilian plateau, just east of Sao Paulo but the highlands prevent it from running S-E.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (19 & 21.08.2021) - It continues, flowing north of Rio de Janeiro, with smaller dams installed on its middle section.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (19 & 23.08.2021) - It flows north-east, locked between two mountain ranges for hundreds of kilometres until the sea.
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Fig. 5 - COP-DEM - Focus on the long straight path in its middle section between parallel ridges.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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