Strangler Gorge, geostrategic canyon on the Euphrates, Syria

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 06 December 2014 from 03:33:53 to 03:34:18 UTC
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Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 09 December 2016 at 08:13:32 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 09 December 2017 from 15:15:44 to 15:16:38 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 21 December 2019 at 08:03:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, gorge, Canyon, topography, plateau, river, erosion, Syria
Fig. 1 - S1 (09.12.2017 -> 02.01.2018) - Khanuqa Gorge (or Strangler Gorge) is located in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (06.12.2014 -> 11.01.2015) - While it is way under 10 km long, it is the narrowest canyon that far downstream on the river.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (29.12.2018) - At south-west, the 30 km² basaltic plateau of Kulayb Hammah dominates, 100 m above the river.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (09.12.2016) - The Roman Empire built Halabiyah & Zalabiye citadels on each side to overlook the valley as part of the limes.
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Fig. 5 - S2 (21.12.2019) - The site was photographed by the French aerial archaeology pioneer Antoine Poidebard in the 1930s.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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