Lake Kariba, World's largest man-made lake, between Zimbabwe and Zambia

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 16 October 2021 at 07:59:19 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 25 October 2021 at 16:40:44 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 01 November 2021 at 16:32:37 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): hydrology, lake, dam, man-made, park, field, Kariba, Sinazongwe, Matusadona, Zimbabwe, Zambia
Fig. 1 - S1 (25.10.2021 & 01.11.2021) - Lake Kariba, the world's largest man-made lake, is located at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (16.10.2021) - Following the Kariba Dam construction, Kariba Gorge was filled from the Zambezi River between 1958 and 1963.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (16.10.2021) - Due to the flooding, populations of the gorge had to migrate. Sinazongwe emerged from this migration (Zambia).
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Fig. 4 - S1 (01.11.2021) - Since 1958, threatened species have been saved and reintroduced to the Matusadona National Park (Zimbabwe).
2D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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