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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS035-74-55 Date: Dec. 1990
Geographic Region: URUGUAY
Feature: URUGUAY RIVER


IMAGE
 
STS035-074-055 Uruguay River, Rio de la Plata, Uruguay January 1990
Entering the scene at the bottom center of the view, the Uruguay River can be seen entering Rio de la Plata (River Plate) estuary. The Uruguay River rises in the hills of southern Brazil and is over 1000 miles (1610 km) long. The river flows in an arc west, southwest, and south before entering the estuary and forms the Uruguay (left) and Argentina border (right). The Rio Negro is visible in the lower left portion flowing through agricultural land into the Uruguay River. The Uruguay River supplies significant irrigation water and hydroelectric power to southeastern Brazil and Uruguay. A small portion of the great delta (dark region) of the Parana River is visible to the right center of the image. The estuary of the Rio de la Plata is a funnel-shaped indentation on the southern coast of South America. The estuary is 180 miles (290 km) long, and is 136 miles (219 km) wide where it opens on the Atlantic Ocean and a mere 30 miles (48 km) wide where the Uruguay and Parana Rivers join (just right of center of the image). Each year, the Uruguay and Parana Rivers carry an estimated 2 billion cubic feet (57 million cubic meters) of silt into the estuary, where the muddy waters are continuously stirred up by winds and tides. Dredging is constantly required to keep commercial shipping lanes open from the Atlantic Ocean to the port of Buenos Aires (gray-colored area towards the top right of the image, partially under clouds) and other ports in Argentina and Uruguay.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 353k
Mission: STS035  
Roll - Frame: 74 - 55
Geographical Name: URUGUAY  
Features: URUGUAY RIVER  
Center Lat x Lon: 33.5S x 58W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: LO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: S   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: Y   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 23  
 
Date: 19901203   YYYYMMDD
Time: 171206   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 28.4S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 58.4W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 281   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 190   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 69   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PLAIN  
Water Views: RIVER, ESTUARY, SEDIMENT  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AGRICULTURE  
City Views:  

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