February 1, 2023 - The Meta River

Columbia/Venezuela
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On January 31, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of
northern South America.

The tan-tinted river meandering from west to east across the top of the
image is the Meta River. With its origins in the high Andes of
Colombia, the Meta winds east-northeastward across the plains of
northern South America for about 650 miles (1,046 km). It forms the
boundary between Colombia (south) and Venezuela (north) for a short
distance before the Meta empties into the Orinoco River between Puerto
Carreño, Colombia and Puerto Páez, Venezuela.

The meeting of the Meta and Orinoco Rivers can be seen in the upper
right corner of the image, where the tan waters of the Meta seem to
abruptly end, and the much smaller Orinoco can be seen flowing from the
southwest to the north. In this location, the Meta flows through
tropical grasslands of Colombia, which appear light green and tan. The
Orinoco River skirts the heavily forested Paraguaza Range of the
western Guiana Highlands in Venezuela.

Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 1/31/2023
Resolutions: 1km (162.2 KB), 500m (481.1 KB), 250m (1.4 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-02-01

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