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Ice Jams the Ob River

Russia’s Ob River flows from south to north, and each summer, it thaws in the same direction. The result is that an ice jam sits downstream from thawed portions of the river, which is laden with heavy runoff from melted snow.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center.

Published July 11, 2007
Data acquired June 29, 2007

Source:
Terra > MODIS