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Alluvial Fans in Southern Mongolia

Braided streams along a mountain front form a larger geological feature known as a bajada.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using data from NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published May 25, 2019
Data acquired August 17, 2014

Source:
Terra > ASTER