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Falcon International Reservoir, US-Mexico - 2022
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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.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineFalcon International Reservoir, US-Mexico - 2022. NASA/JPL, 2022-08-23. Public domain. ID: PIA25446.
