Article 18MD0 Watch a river change its path over the years

Watch a river change its path over the years

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Rob Beschizza
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Landsat imagery of the Ucayali river in Peru shows it meandering over a period of several years; an oxbow lake forms, islands grow and fade in the channel, and a smaller river is "eaten" at the top left. [Hindered Settling, via]

P.S. Looks like it might be a bad idea to build houses on flood plains.33z0ai2FnHA

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