Mackenzie Meets Beaufort
Detailed Description
In far northern Canada, pulses of freshwater flow down rivers after inland ice and snow melts. These pulses, known as a freshet, carry huge amounts of sediment. The sediment seen in this image flowed into the Beaufort Sea from the Mackenzie River, the longest northward-flowing river in North America.
Source: Landsat 8
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.