Falcon International Reservoir, US-Mexico

The Falcon International Reservoir is on the Rio Grande, 65 km southeast of Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Falcon Dam was constructed in 1953 to provide water conservation, irrigation, and hydroelectricity. Its maximum surface area, seen in the 2010 image, was 34,000 hectares. As a result of the 2010s-20s drought, the reservoir holds only a small fraction of its capacity. In 2010, vegetation in the area was healthy (dark red); in 2022, the area is parched. The images were acquired 14 July 2010 and 31 July 2022, cover an area of 29.8 by 46.9 km, and are located at 26.6 degrees north, 99.2 degrees west.

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Falcon Reservoir 2010 Type: (JPG) Size: (1,212,158 bytes) Resolution ( 1,986 x 3,125 )

Falcon Reservoir 2022 Type: (JPG) Size: (1,451,405 bytes) Resolution ( 1,986 x 3,125 )