Photo #: STS075-706-82 Date: Mar. 1996Geographic Region: PAKISTAN
Feature: MOUTHS OF THE INDUS,SED.
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Photo #: STS075-706-82 Date: Mar. 1996 Geographic Region: PAKISTAN Feature: MOUTHS OF THE INDUS,SED. |
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| STS075-706-082 Indus River Delta, Pakistan February 1996 The delta of the Indus River, the longest river in southwest Asia, is the highlight of this south-southeast-looking, low-oblique photograph. Fed by snowmelt and glacial meltwater from the mountains of the Tibet Plateau, the Indus River flows 1900 miles (3055 kilometers) before emptying into the Arabian Sea. After leaving the Tibet Plateau, the river flows onto the Punjab Plains of western Pakistan and through a vast alluvial lowland where it receives its major tributary, the Panjnad (five streams), which carries the united waters of the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej. In this severely arid landscape, the rivers form precarious strips of fertile land. At the mouth of the Indus, east of Karachi (not visible in the photograph), the large, swampy Indus River Delta is formed, which, unlike deltas of many other rivers, is composed of clay and infertile soils. The largest flow of the Indus occurs between June and late September, the summer monsoon season. The waters are used primarily for irrigation of agricultural crops; dams have been built to provide flood control and hydroelectricity. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 149k |
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| Mission: | STS075 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 706 - 82 |
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| Geographical Name: | PAKISTAN |
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| Features: | MOUTHS OF THE INDUS,SED. |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 24.5N x 68.0E |
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| Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 0 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SE | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
| Stereo?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 134 |
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| Date: | 19960302 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 041811 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 26.3N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 64.8E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 115 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 152 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 28 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | PLAIN, COAST |
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| Water Views: | RIVER, DELTA, SWAMP, SEDIMENT, SUNGLINT |
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