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Monsoon Flooding in India
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Monsoon Flooding in India

Published Aug 15, 2005

Floods

Rising Water along the Ganga River
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Rising Water along the Ganga River

Acquired August 30, 2011, and June 23, 2011, these false-color images show changes to part of the Ganga, or Ganges, River.

Published Aug 31, 2011

Land Floods

Floods in Northeastern India
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Floods in Northeastern India

Acquired on July 18 and August 1, 2009, these false-color images provide a before-and-after view of the Sitamarhi District of the Indian state of Bihar. The image from August 1 shows swollen waterways and large areas of standing water.

Published Aug 3, 2009

Land Floods

Flooding in India and Bangladesh
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Flooding in India and Bangladesh

Published Sep 13, 2007

Floods

Monsoon Transforms the Irrawaddy River
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Monsoon Transforms the Irrawaddy River

Acquired August 2, 2011, and March 6, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions along part of the Irrawaddy River in Burma, which rises substantially during the summer monsoon.

Published Aug 5, 2011

Land Floods

Floods in Northeastern India
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Floods in Northeastern India

These false-color images show the difference in rivers and floodplains in the Indian state of Bihar in Mid-July and late August 2009.

Published Aug 31, 2009

Land Floods

Flooding along the Krishna River
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Flooding along the Krishna River

These false-color images show a portion of the Krishna River in southern India in flood stage on October 5, 2009 (top), and before the flooding on September 10, 2009 (bottom).

Published Oct 5, 2009

Land Floods

Flooding in Northern India
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Flooding in Northern India

Acquired October 8, 2011, and October 10, 2010, these false-color images compare conditions along a stretch of the Ganga (Ganges) River, where flooding struck in 2011.

Published Oct 10, 2011

Land Floods

Floods along the India-Nepal Border
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Floods along the India-Nepal Border

Acquired July 23 and August 24, 2009, these false-color images show swollen rivers along the India-Nepal border. The Ganges and Ghaghara Rivers are both swollen.

Published Aug 26, 2009

Land Floods