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Satellite detected water extent along the Rupununi river, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana as of 26 May 2022

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Satellite detected water extent along the Rupununi river, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana as of 26 May 2022
Description
**UNOSAT code: FL20220526GUY** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters along the Rupununi river in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 26 May 2022 at 09:45 UTC. Within the analyzed area of about 14,000 km2, a total of about 320 km2 of lands were observed as flooded. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas
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UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
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The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2022-05-30
Date Issued
2022-06-28
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http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
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Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.

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    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Satellite detected water extent along the Rupununi river, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana as of 26 May 2022. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/0ad869ac-5030-4b2e-a0ef-817439b416ec (dataset)
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