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Alluvial Fan in Kazakhstan

When streams emerge from mountains, they often spread out and deposit sediment in a distinctive pattern known as an alluvial fan.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland

Published April 8, 2014
Data acquired September 9, 2013

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI