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English: Image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) shows the high, arid, Tibetan Plateau in Asia.
  • The Tibetan Plateau and Tibet lies north of the Himalaya Mountains and Nepal.
  • The Plateau is dotted with a mixture of fresh and salt water lakes. For example, the two lakes in the left-center portion of the image near the Nepal-China border are fresh water, while the large lakes in the cluster to the northeast are salt water.

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  • Sensor: Terra/MODIS
  • Visible Earth v1 ID 23777
  • Visualization Date: 2003-01-01
  • 1. All Sensors
  • 2.  » MODIS
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Source NASA
Author Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

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current21:48, 25 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:48, 25 August 20054,800 × 3,600 (3.25 MB)Nanosmile (talk | contribs)Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC These images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) show the high, arid, Tibetan Plateau in Asia. Tibet lies north of the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal. The Plateau i

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