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Villagers in India losing land to a changing river

by Timothy Whitehead on Dec.05, 2016, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

The villagers of Kambakshpur in India are complaining that the Yamuna River near their village is changing course over time, resulting in them losing land. Interestingly, ‘The Hindu’ newspaper has made use of the new Google Earth global mosaics in historical imagery to investigate. Read the full story on The Hindu website.


The changing course of the Yamuna River in India, 1989 to date

As we noted last week, although Google has provided global mosaics from 1985, in some locations, the early mosaics are actually identical. For the location above, the mosaics from 1985 to 1989 are identical, so we have started the animation from 1989.

Overall, land is being lost and gained about equally on both sides of the river. In addition a significant amount of farming land is being converted to residential property.

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