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Satellite Detected Waters in the Northwestern Part of Bangladesh

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Satellite Detected Waters in the Northwestern Part of Bangladesh
Description
This map illustrates satellite-detected surface water extent in the northern part of Bangladesh using a TerraSAR-X satellite image acquired on the 16 August 2017. In the analysed area; 221,915 ha of lands are likely affected. The population exposure analysis using WorldPop data shows that 2,143,586 people are potentially affected by floods in this analysed zone: ~1,800,000 are located in Rangpur Division and ~280,000 in Dhaka Division. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.
Creator
UNOSAT
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2017-08-17
Date Issued
2017-09-15
License
http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
Access Rights
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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  • Citation
    UNOSAT (2017). Satellite Detected Waters in the Northwestern Part of Bangladesh. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/12591acd-0f4d-4637-993a-e73011b47442 (dataset)
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