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English: The Paraná River, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, is South America’s second river in length. In its delta, the river splits into several arms, creating a network of islands and wetlands. In 2015, 243,000 ha of these wetlands were designated an Exceptional Site under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Usually, during the austral winter, these wetlands are flooded, but in 2020, a prolonged period of warm weather and drought has seen the Paraná River water levels drop to their lower point in decades. The situation of the parched river basin has contributed to a dramatic increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in the area. This image acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 9 August shows many burn scars in the wetlands of the Paraná River Delta affected by fires, north of the cities of Santa Fe and Paraná. Droughts are complex natural phenomena, and their impact on the vegetation are significant. Data derived from the satellites of the Copernicus Sentinel missions allow to study and monitor drought conditions with a level of spatial and temporal detail that is unmatched among other high-resolution satellites.