Geodata of Flood Waters Over South Bago Division, Myanmar
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
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2015
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Geodata of Flood Waters Over South Bago Division, Myanmar
Description
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters in the South Bago Division of Myanmar, over the Bago, Waw, Thanatpin, Kawa, and Kayan townships. Using satellite imagery acquired 09 August 2015, UNITAR-UNOSAT identified a total of 89,188 hectares of flood affected lands in the analyzed area that were mainly comprised of agricultural and/or paddy fields. The township of Thanatpin in Pegu district was the worst affected township with 5,822 hectares of flood affected land, followed by Kawa township in Pegu district (4,514 ha). Approximately 30 km of roads are potentially affected by floods in 17 of the 29 analyzed townships. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.
UNOSAT (2015). Geodata of Flood Waters Over South Bago Division, Myanmar. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/37ce0f79-76b6-4b65-a5eb-1f1be2deca0b (dataset)