Alluvial fans, transition from the Himalayas to the Tibetan Plateau
Jana Eichel
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Aerial view on the transition from the Himalayas to the Tibetan Plateau. Large alluvial fans are occuring where the rivers leave the steep terrain of the Himalayas and enter the Tibetan plateau. Photo taken during a flight from Kathmandu, Nepal to Chengdu, China, in late spring.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Jana Eichel (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
4.4 MB
Aspect
4286:2679
Width
4286 px
Height
2679 px
Brand
Pentax
Model
K-r
Exposure
48 mm f/8 1/1600 s ISO 9
Coordinates
28.4538, 86.2125
Tint
Grayish violet
Submitted
1 March 2013
Taken
13 May 2012
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