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Meandering Bends of the Lower Padma River

The lower portion of the Padma River has wide meandering curves, an indicator of extensive erosion.


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

Published August 28, 2018
Data acquired January 2, 1988 - January 20, 2018

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI