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Sediment outflow shown as Bengal Fan and Indus Fan into Indian Ocean.

Sediment outflow shown as Bengal Fan and Indus Fan into Indian Ocean.
Sediment outflow shown as Bengal Fan and Indus Fan into Indian Ocean.
Sediment outflow shown as Bengal Fan and Indus Fan into Indian Ocean.
Sediment outflow shown as Bengal Fan and Indus Fan into Indian Ocean.
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Oberlander, E. Paul
Sediment outflow shown as Bengal Fan and Indus Fan into Indian Ocean.
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01/01/2004
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Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 42, No. 2, Pg. 94:
FROM THE MOUNTAINTOPS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN—Great rivers (the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus) transport large volumes of sediments from great mountains (the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram) into the ocean. The Bengal Fan extends 2,500 kilometers (1,535 miles) south into the Bay of Bengal and is 22 kilometers (13.5 miles) thick. The Indus Fan is 10 kilometers (6 miles) thick and extends 1,000 to 1,500 kilometers (610 to 915
miles) into the Arabian Sea.
Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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