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Alluvial Fan, China

Alluvial Fan, China
Image taken 5/2/2002 by ASTER

A vast alluvial fan blossoms across the desolate landscape between the Kunlun and Altun mountain ranges that form the southern border of the Taklimakan Desert in China's XinJiang Province.

 

 

This image can be found on ASTER Path 143 Row 34, center: 37.43 N, 84.30 E.

Alluvial Fan, China

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