File:The Kosi, August 8, 2008.jpg

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DescriptionThe Kosi, August 8, 2008.jpg	English: The braided channels of the Kosi River curve westward out of Nepal in a “c” shape before flowing into the Ganges below the lower edge of this satellite image. In this type of image, water is usually dark blue and black. Both sediment-laden water and water-saturated earth are a lighter shade of blue. The channels of the Kosi are silvery from reflected sunlight.
Date	8 August 2008
Source	NASA Earth Observatory
Author	Images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

This image was generated by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.

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