Geodata of Flood Waters Over Kyautaw area, Rakhine State, Myanmar
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2015
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Title
Geodata of Flood Waters Over Kyautaw area, Rakhine State, Myanmar
Description
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters over north Rakhine State, Myanmar, in the areas of Kyauktaw and Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships, as imaged by the Radarsat-2 satellite on 17 August 2015. Waters along the Kaladan River have expanded and inundated lands on either sides of the river bank. Total surface area covered with water in the analysed area has increased from a pre-flood level of 4% to 8% during the flood period, and as of 17 August 2015 a total of ~55,000 ha of lands were affected. Due to sensor limitations, flood waters could be underestimated in urban areas and areas covered with vegetation. 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
2015-08-19
Date Issued
2015-09-29
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.
UNOSAT (2015). Geodata of Flood Waters Over Kyautaw area, Rakhine State, Myanmar. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/5e88ac16-0f50-4825-8063-8f6f0760a0b8 (dataset)