largest rivers (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

largest rivers

Caption

This map illustrates significant changes in 6,167 reaches of the largest rivers on earth—44.2% saw decreases in streamflow and 11.9% saw increases over 35 years.

Credit

Dongmei Feng, Colin Gleason

Usage Restrictions

To be used in coverage of the study "More flow upstream and less flow downstream: The changing form and function of global rivers"

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