Yangtze River Plume

This SeaWiFS image shows the Yangtze River flowing out across the East China Sea.

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Maps of China

A tan fan of sediment spreads from the mouth of the Yangtze River into the East...

These unusually clear true- and false-color images of Eastern China were acquired on January 28, 2003,...

These unusually clear true- and false-color images of Eastern China were acquired on January 28, 2003,...

The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China is a vast region of sand desert sitting in a...

These true-color images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra and Aqua satellites...

The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China is a vast region of sand desert sitting in a...

These true-and false-color images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) show the Yangtze River (running...

These true-and false-color images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) show the Yangtze River (running...

This true-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite shows eastern...

On September 22, 2002, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) detected a cluster of active fires...

Flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this clear view of...

Scattered fire, red dots, burned across Southern China on February 14, 2004. Because of the widespread...