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Satellite Detected Waters in Central Bangladesh

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Title
Satellite Detected Waters in Central Bangladesh
Description
This map illustrates satellite-detected surface water extent in the central part of Bangladesh using a Sentinel-1 satellite image acquired on the 12 August 2017 with a total surface of 4,280,650 ha. In this analyzed area; 1,644,983 ha (38%) of lands are likely affected. These lands are are mainly cropland irrigated and rainfed areas and estimated to 1,576,351 ha. The population exposure analysis using WorldPop data shows that ~17,000,000 people are potentially affected by floods in the analysed zone: ~8,400,000 are located in Dhaka Division and ~5,750,000 in Rajshahi 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
2017-08-15
Date Issued
2017-08-17
License
http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
Access Rights
Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025

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  • Citation
    UNOSAT (2017). Satellite Detected Waters in Central Bangladesh. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/32e725a8-9f29-4ab3-8903-ba7f10ae581f (dataset)
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