The vibrant green land, largely for farming surrounds the dark water that features in this image. There are three rivers, the Missouri meanders from the top left to the center bottom right, the Floyd from the top right converges with the Missouri in the same area and the Big Sioux coming down from the center top of the image and converges with the Missouri slightly to the left of the Floyd River. The Floyd is abnormally wide, but only at the upstream end, considering the narrow nature of the convergence area with the Missouri. The Big Sioux though has massively overflowed it's banks parallel to the Missouri and in broadened the banks of the Missouri somewhat where the rivers converge.

Record Rainfall Floods Midwest

Rivers burst their banks, inundating homes and farmland in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory / Wanmei Liang

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TakenJune 24, 2024

Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory / Wanmei Liang

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