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The MODIS on the Terra satellite took this picture of the Inland Niger Delta on November 11, 2007 shortly after the end of the rainy season when the landscape remained lush and green. This inland delta is a complex combination of river channels, lakes, swamps, and occasional areas of higher elevation. One such area of higher elevation is obvious in this image, and it forms a branching shape, like a tan tree pushing up toward the north.

This wet oasis in the African Sahel provides habitat both for migrating birds and West African manatees. The fertile floodplains also provide much needed resources for the local people, who use the area for fishing, grazing livestock, and cultivating rice.
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Source http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/images/image11272007_250m.jpg
Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC

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