Paraná River, Brazil

Envisat captures the Paraná River in Brazil. The river is formed on the plateau of south central Brazil by the confluence of the Rio Grande and Paranaíba Rivers. With a course of some 4880 km, the Paraná River is the second longest in South America, second only to the Amazon River, and the 13th longest in the world. Image acquired 3 July 2007 by the MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) instrument aboard ESA’s Envisat satellite.