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Mouth of the Yangtse River, China

The sediment-laden waters of central China's Yangtze River are emptying into the East China Sea in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from July 24, 2002. The river traces a zig-zag path back across the northern part of the image, and the city of Shanghai creates a large gray cluster of pixels south of the river mouth.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 16, 2002
Data acquired July 24 - 24, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response