Dotted landscape in Pundanhar grass pans, Mozambique

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 27 July 2017 at 07:23:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 03 March 2019 at 02:57:25 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, hydrology, savannah, pans, lakes, wildfire, bushfire, Mozambique.
Fig. 1 - S2 (27.07.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Pans near Pundanhar, Mozambique; Rovuma river forms makes the border with Tanzania.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S1 (03.03.2019) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Wet season rainfalls accumulate in these depressions allowing vegetation to grow.
2D view
Some pans are partitioned into separate agricultural plots with associated guard/shelter towers, possibly built on former termite mounds.
Fig. 3 - 11,8,2 natural colour - Similarly to paternoster lakes, water spilled from a filled depression gathers in another along the drainage line.
2D view
Fig. 4 - 12,11,2 colour composite - Almost all pans dry out by the end of the dry season, they are then prone to bush fire as shown here.
2D view
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