6 Penampakan Mengejutkan Sungai Terpanjang di Dunia Mengering

Dunia tengah dikejutkan dengan pemandangan Sungai Mississippi, salah satu sungai terpanjang di dunia yang mengering.

Penampakan dasar sungai sukses membuat warganet takjub. Bangkai kapal abad ke-19 bahkan mendadak muncul setelah peristiwa tersebut.

Penasaran bagaimana kondisi sungai Mississippi dan bentuk bangkai kapal abad ke-19 yang tiba-tiba muncul? Yuk, intip potretnya!

1. Sungai Mississippi di Amerika Serikat mengering. Sungai ini merupakan salah satu sungai terpanjang di dunia dan menjadi sungai terpanjang ke dua di Amerika Utara.

Sungai Mississippi mengering/ Foto: CNN

2. Kekeringan ini menyebabkan permukaan sungai berada di rekor terendah. Penampakan dasar sungai pun tampak menakjubkan.

Sungai Mississippi mengering/ Foto: CNN

3. Biasanya lokasi ini dikelilingi oleh air dan hanya bisa diakses menggunakan perahu. Namun, kini formasi batuan unik yang ada di dasar sungai terlihat.

PORTAGEVILLE, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 18: Treasure hunters comb the shoreline of the Mississippi River after it was exposed by low water levels on October 18, 2022 near Portageville, Missouri. Lack of rain in the Ohio River Valley and along the Upper Mississippi has caused the Mississippi River south of the confluence of the Ohio River to reach near record low levels. This condition is wreaking havoc with barge traffic, driving up shipping prices and threatening crop exports and fertilizer shipments as the soybean and corn harvest gets into full swing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)/ Foto: Getty Images/Scott Olson

4. Keadaan itu bahkan membuat bangkai kapal buatan abad ke-19 juga ikut muncul atas permukaan.

Kapal abad ke-19 di Sungai Mississippi/ Foto: CNN

5. Kini sungai Mississippi bisa dengan mudah diakses hanya dengan berjalan kaki. Sungguh kejadian yang sangat langka.

PORTAGEVILLE, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 18: Treasure hunters comb the shoreline of the Mississippi River after it was exposed by low water levels on October 18, 2022 near Portageville, Missouri. Lack of rain in the Ohio River Valley and along the Upper Mississippi has caused the Mississippi River south of the confluence of the Ohio River to reach near record low levels. This condition is wreaking havoc with barge traffic, driving up shipping prices and threatening crop exports and fertilizer shipments as the soybean and corn harvest gets into full swing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)/ Foto: Getty Images/Scott Olson

6. Peristiwa ini terjadi diawali dari Midwest yang mengalami kekeringan parah. Selama berminggu-minggu, air sungai mulai mengalami penurunan secara signifikan.

PORTAGEVILLE, MISSOURI - OCTOBER 18: Treasure hunters comb the shoreline of the Mississippi River after it was exposed by low water levels on October 18, 2022 near Portageville, Missouri. Lack of rain in the Ohio River Valley and along the Upper Mississippi has caused the Mississippi River south of the confluence of the Ohio River to reach near record low levels. This condition is wreaking havoc with barge traffic, driving up shipping prices and threatening crop exports and fertilizer shipments as the soybean and corn harvest gets into full swing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)/ Foto: Getty Images/Scott Olson