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Volga river seen from the space shuttle Discovery 04/1991

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-asrus-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 47 * 37 cm

The broad, fan-shaped delta of the Volga River and the largest inland body of water in the world, the Caspian Sea, are the centerpieces of this high-oblique, south-looking photograph.  The Volga River Delta, an important wetland region, is over 124 miles (200 kilometers) wide and enters the Caspian Sea below sea level.  The city of Astrakhan is visible as a grayish-blue smudge west of the river near the apex of the delta.  The Caspian Sea, 92 feet (30 meters) below sea level, is approximately 745 miles (1200 kilometers) long and 270 miles (440 kilometers) wide.  The Volga supplies approximately 75 percent of the water inflow to the sea, which has no outflow.  The Aral Sea is visible near the horizon east of the Caspian Sea.

 

Keywords for this photo:

1991 - ASIA - CASPIAN SEA - CLOUD - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HORIZON - LIMB - RIVER - RUSSIA - SEA - STS-39 - VOLGA - VOLGA RIVER - WATER -