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Satellite-detected water extents in Farafangana and Vangaindrano Districts, Madagascar as of 27 February 2022

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Satellite-detected water extents in Farafangana and Vangaindrano Districts, Madagascar as of 27 February 2022
Description
**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Farafangana and Vangaindrano districts, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 27 February 2022 at 05:12 local time. Within the analyzed area of about 500 km2, about 18 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 3,500 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.
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UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
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Humanitarian Data Exchange
Temporal Coverage
2022-02-28
Date Issued
2022-03-22
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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 2026-01-15.

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    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Satellite-detected water extents in Farafangana and Vangaindrano Districts, Madagascar as of 27 February 2022. Humanitarian Data Exchange. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/22c7ff16-2677-4401-a371-5ec51c247723 (dataset)
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