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The Most Erosive Area on the Padma

As the shape of river changes over decades, the upper reaches show the most change, particularly with widening and meandering bends.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published August 13, 2018
Data acquired January 2, 1988 - January 20, 2018

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI