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collection:
nasa new
mediatype:
image
collection:
nasa
collection:
nasanaturalhazards
title:
Floods in India and Bangladesh: Natural Hazards
description:
Floods in Bangladesh (center) give the impresssion that the Bay of Bengal (bottom) has decided to come ashore. Monsoon rains have innundated the region, causing rivers such as the Brahmaputra (flowing into the center of the image from the northeast) and the Ganges (flowing in at left center edge) to spill from their banks and flood low-lying areas. Half million people have been displaced by the flooding in the region.

This modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite on July 5, 2003, shows standing water in dark blue, clouds in light blue, sunglint (glare) in white, and vegetation in green.

Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
subject:
Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
subject:
What -- Terra
subject:
Where -- Bay of Bengal
subject:
Where -- Bangladesh
what:
Terra
where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
where:
Bay of Bengal
where:
Bangladesh
identifier:
terra_bangaldesh_05j ul03
uploader:
jake@archive.org
addeddate:
2011-07-23 13:34:27
publicdate:
2011-07-23 13:34:27
creator:
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
ImageUID:
file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/terra_bangalde sh_05jul03/terra_ban galdesh_05jul03_250m .jpg
filename:
terra_bangaldesh_05j ul03_250m.jpg
date:
July 5, 2003
rights:
Public Domain
source:
year:
July
language:
eng

Floods in India and Bangladesh: Natural Hazards