File:Irrawaddy Delta (MODIS 2016-11-28).jpg
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English: Muddy brown sediment poured from the Irrawaddy Delta at the end of a long and extremely wet monsoonal season in 2016. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on November 19.
The rainy season in Myanmar (Burma) begins in mid-May and typically ends in mid-November. According to Relief Web, floods brought by monsoon rains began pounding parts of Myanmar in late July, displacing at least 377,000 people from their homes as the waters gradually moved south towards the Irrawaddy Delta. By mid-October, the worst of the rains had passed and the floodwaters were receding; however, the waterways along the Delta continued to pour sediment into the Gulf of Martaban (east) and the Andaman Sea. Although increased by the monsoon, such sediment is not unusual – it has been estimated that the Irrawaddy River is likely the third-largest contributor of sediment load in the world. The delta of the Irrawaddy River begins about 58 miles (93 km) above the port city of Hinthada (Henzada) and spreads about 180 km (290 km) southward to the Andaman Sea. The region is heavily populated, and also is intensively cropped for rice. Much of the delta lies only about 9.8 feet (3 meters) above sea level, while the ocean floor is very shallow (less than 18 feet/5.5 meters). The soil consists of fine silt, which has been carried down the muddy river channels and deposited as the water speed slows as it approaches the Andaman Sea. |
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Date | Taken on 19 November 2016 | ||
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Author | Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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