Upper Paraná River basin

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 04 April 2018 at 13:51:09 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 11 April 2018 at 13:42:09 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 21 April 2018 at 13:42:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 April 2018 from 09:03:21 to 09:04:11 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, river, hydrology, renewable energy, hydropower, dam, UNESCO World Heritage, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina
Fig. 1 - S1 (29.04.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Yguazu reservoir between Paraguay & Argentina.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (11.04.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Laid on Paraná, Itaipu dam holds World's record of annual hydropower production.
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West of the Brazilian Great Escarpment, several major affluents of the Paraná born 20km from the Atlantic only join it after a 4000+km journey.
Fig. 3 - S2 (11.04.2018) - Iguazú Falls form a 2.7km wide U-shaped cataract between Brazil & Argentina, 15km from Paraguay.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (04.04.2018) - 11,8,2 colour composite - Yacyretá reservoir between Paraguay & Argentina on Paraná river.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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