SWOT map (IMAGE)

University of Washington

SWOT map

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This map shows the roughly 800,000 kilometers of canals evaluated by the study. Green regions represent canals that the researchers monitored with high confidence using NASA’s SWOT satellite. Orange regions represent moderate confidence; red regions represent low confidence.

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Sharma et. al/Geophysical Research Letters

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