Satellite detected water extents over Rubkona, Koch, and Guit Counties of South Sudan as of 17 October 2021
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2021
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Title
Satellite detected water extents over Rubkona, Koch, and Guit Counties of South Sudan as of 17 October 2021
Description
**UNOSAT code: FL20211015SSD** This map illustrates satellite-detected water in Rubkona, Koch, and Guit Counties of South Sudan as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 17 October 2021. Within the cloud free analyzed areas of about 40,000km2, a total of about 5,700 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, ~138,000 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 the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2021-10-22
Date Issued
2022-02-18
License
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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.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Satellite detected water extents over Rubkona, Koch, and Guit Counties of South Sudan as of 17 October 2021. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/30dfdab2-641f-49e1-bb26-7d5eb8958ae0 (dataset)