Satellite detected water extents over Sofala, Tete, and Zambezia Provinces, Mozambique as of 21 March 2023
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Satellite detected water extents over Sofala, Tete, and Zambezia Provinces, Mozambique as of 21 March 2023
Description
**UNOSAT code TC20230221MOZ, GDACS Id: 1000961** This map illustrates satellite-detected water using Sentinel-2 acquired on 21 March 2023, 09:55 local time over the intersection between Shire river and Zambezi rivers in Sofala, Tete and Zambezia Provinces of Mozambique. Within the cloud free analyzed areas of about 20,000 km², a total of about 2,400 km² of lands appear to be affected with flood waters. Based on Worldpop population data and flood water extent, ~180,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas mainly located in Mutarara district, Tete province with ~62,000 people, Caia district, Sofala province with ~38,200 people and Mopeia district, Zambezia province with ~34,000 people 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).
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2023-03-22
Date Issued
2023-03-23
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Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
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The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2023). Satellite detected water extents over Sofala, Tete, and Zambezia Provinces, Mozambique as of 21 March 2023. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/28deb299-58eb-4d26-a388-d69d0280dd61 (dataset)