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When we look into the vastness of space, our home planet stands out in many ways. One of the most crucial is the...
NASA scientists used GRACE data to identify regional trends of freshwater movement, and combined that information...
Asia’s high mountains are a crucial freshwater source to one-seventh of the world’s population. Snow and glaciers in...
iss073e0343910 (July 19, 2025) --- Israel's Sea of Galilee, the lowest freshwater lake in the world and the...
A short video explaining the breakdown of freshwater in relative percentages by location and usage.
iss073e0000481 (April 22, 2025) --- The St. Clair River flows into the freshwater Lake St. Clair and separates the...
iss073e0000553 (April 22, 2025) --- The freshwater Lake St. Clair rests in between Detroit, Michigan (left), and...
Cumulative total freshwater losses in the United States from 2002 to 2015 (in inches) observed by NASA's Gravity...
Cumulative total freshwater losses in South Asia from 2002 to 2015 (in inches) observed by NASA's Gravity Recovery...
Cumulative total freshwater losses in South America from 2002 to 2015 (in inches) observed by NASA's Gravity...
This image from NASA Terra spacecraft shows Poyang Lake, which was once China largest freshwater lake.
The varied landscapes of the United States have unique relationships with water. On the East Coast, rain is a...
Cumulative total freshwater losses in North Africa and the Middle East from 2002 to 2015 (in inches) observed by...
The Sea of Galilee (or Sea of Kinneret) in northern Israel is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth. The lake's main...
NASA’s satellite imagery and model forecasts play an important role in monitoring the performance of crops worldwide...
Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeast India, and is famous for the floating "phudmis," masses of...
iss067e169915 (July 1, 2022) --- Lake Titicaca, a freshwater lake in the Andes on the border between Bolivia and...
iss070e015250 (Oct. 29, 2023) --- Lake Titicaca, a freshwater lake nestled in between Peru and Bolivia in the Andes...
iss073e0000460 (April 22, 2025) --- The sun's glint beams off the freshwater Lake St. Clair, sits in between Lake...
iss071e133413 (May 30, 2024) --- Lake Khövsgöl, Mongolia's largest freshwater lake, is about 5,400 feet (1,650...
iss074e0325251 (Feb. 22, 2026) --- Peiku Lake in southwest China is surrounded by Himalayan peaks and contains both...
iss071e111824 (May 23, 2024) -- As the International Space Station orbited 257 miles above Tibet, Lake Manasarovar...
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shares boundaries with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, featuring...
iss073e0425936 (Aug. 7, 2025) --- From left to right, the Sea of Galilee—the world’s lowest freshwater lake—and the...