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Flooding along the Brahmaputra River
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Flooding along the Brahmaputra River

Acquired September 25, 2012, and September 29, 2011, these images compare conditions along the Brahmaputra, which spilled over its banks in September 2012.

Published Sep 25, 2012

Land Floods

Hugli River, India
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Hugli River, India

Published Sep 27, 2006

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Calcutta, India
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Calcutta, India

Published Feb 10, 2003

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Flooding Along the Brahmaputra River
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Flooding Along the Brahmaputra River

Acquired on July 23 and August 26, 2009, these false-color images show flood-related changes in a stretch of the Brahmaputra River. In the later image, the river is visibly swollen, and nearby tributaries have also filled.

Published Aug 26, 2009

Land Floods

Floods in Northeast India
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Floods in Northeast India

India’s Brahmaputra River was already flooded in early August, but those floods turned out to be small compared to the floods that hit the river in early September. The river flooded for the third time in 2007 when monsoon rain pounded northeastern India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh in September.

Published Sep 14, 2007

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Floods In Bangladesh and India
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Floods In Bangladesh and India

Published Aug 6, 2002

Floods

Agricultural Fires in Northern India
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Agricultural Fires in Northern India

Published Nov 7, 2003

Fires

Meandering in the Amazon
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Meandering in the Amazon

Lowland rivers that carry large volumes of sediment are on the move.

Published Dec 4, 2014

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Flooding in India and Bangladesh
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Flooding in India and Bangladesh

Published Sep 13, 2007

Floods