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Imaggeo on Mondays: The organisation of a river system

September 21, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: The organisation of a river system
The nature organization of the river system . Credit: Tatiana Feskova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The picture shows the Elbe Rivervalley, one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It was taken from the Bastei Bridge close to Rathen, which towers 194 meters above the Elbe River in the state of Saxony in the south-eastern Germany. This region belongs to the national park known as Saxon Switzerland. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic, the Saxon Switzerland National Park ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Tombstones Mountains

September 14, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: Tombstones Mountains
Tombstone Mountains . Credit: Matt Herod (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This week’s Imaggeo image is brought to you by one of our network bloggers, Matt Herod. Of the image, Matt said ” this particular one is one of my all time favourites. I have even blown it up and hung it on my wall at home,” and we couldn’t agree more; this Canadian landscape is breathtaking. Dive into this post and let Matt take you on a tour of the hydrology, archaeology ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Mesopotamia, the ancient land between rivers

August 10, 2015

Mesopotamia, an area rich in history and considered as the cradle of civilisation, with the first populations establishing themselves in the region some 6000 years ago,lies between two great rivers: the Euphrates and the Tigris. The ancient territory spans areas of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, the northeastern section of Syria and small sections of southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran. The histor ...[Read More]

The EGU Network blogs are looking for guest contributions

August 5, 2015

Are you a budding science writer, or want to try your hand at science communication? You might just be the person for our EGU network bloggers! A number of our network blogs would like to give their pages a bit of a boost and are seeking guest bloggers to contribute new, informative and engaging posts on an ad hoc basis. If you’ve recently been thinking about trying your hand at blogging, but aren ...[Read More]