NASA MODIS Image of the Day: November 5, 2007 – Bangladesh and India
In this image from the MODIS on the Terra satellite from October 26, 2007, the semi-arid Tibetan Plateau (top left edge) meets up with the Himalayas to the south.
From the heights of the Himalayas, snow-covered on their northern flanks, and lush with vegetation to the south, numerous rivers, brown with churned up sediment, flow into the valley of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India.
The Brahmaputra turns southward at the border of Bangladesh and is soon joined by the Ganges River, flowing in from image left. The mighty river splits into numerous channels as it runs out toward the Bay of Bengal, giving the region the name “Mouths of the Ganges.” Vast amounts of sediment are being emptied into the Bay by the river, and greenish blue swirls could be a mixture of sediment and phytoplankton.
