File:Lake Kariba as seen by Envisat ESA223136.jpg
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English: The narrow, man-made Lake Kariba, located along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, as seen by Envisat. Lake Kariba was created in the late 1950s by the construction of a largest dam wall across the Zambezi River running through the Kariba Gorge.Today Lake Kariba is one of the largest dams in the world, with a surface area of 5580 square kilometres and an average depth of 29 metres, increasing to a maximum of 97 metres. It is 220 km long and in places up to 40 kilometres wide.The Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) acquired this image on 6 June 2005, operating in Full Resolution mode with a spatial resolution of 300 metres. It covers an area of 672 by 672 kilometres. |
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| Source | http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2005/08/Lake_Kariba_as_seen_by_Envisat |
| Author | European Space Agency |
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| Title | Lake Kariba as seen by Envisat |
| Keywords | Land use; Water (fresh); Dams and water basins; Lakes |
| Set | Earth observation image of the week |
| Mission | Envisat |
| Activity | Observing the Earth |
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