Tibet's Highest Shapeshifting River Faces Growing Instability from Space

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Tibet's Highest Shapeshifting River Faces Growing Instability from Space
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The Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, the world's highest and most braided river, is highly dynamic and increasingly unstable due to sediment deposits from melting Himalayan glaciers caused by climate change, with its shape changing annually as shown by satellite images over 37 years.

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