Jordan water drainage outlined for Independance day

Sentinel-2 MSI (4 tiles) acquired on 08 May 2017 at 08:06:11 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI (2 tiles) acquired on 11 May 2017 at 08:20:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 May 2017 from 03:34:56 to 03:35:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 19 May 2017 from 03:27:35 to 03:28:00 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, hydrology, endorheic basin, salt pan, plateau, alluvial fan, lake, depression, crater, desert, Dead Sea, Jordan
Fig. 1 - S2 - 400m below sea level in the Jordan Rift Valley, the Dead Sea and its East Bank - 4/3/2 natural colour.
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Fig. 2 - S2 - Lake Al-Jafr Qaa, a salt flat on the Jordan plateau. Crops appear clearly in red - 11/8/2 colour composite.
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Fig. 3 - S1 - As greener objects prove it, water flowing to this depression allows farming - VV-VH-NDI(VH,VV) colour composite.
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Fig. 4 - S2 - Complex network of alluvial fans in Eastern Jordan - 12/8/4 colour composite.
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Fig. 5 - S1 - Most precipitations North-East of the small mountain range flow toward Saudi Arabia.
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Fig. 6 - S1 - Jabel Waqf as Suwwan crater is 5.5 km wide, it is estimated at 37-56 million years old.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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