Datasets > Mozambique > 2020-2024

Satellite detected water extent over Malawi and Mozambique as of 26 January 2022

The Centre for Humanitarian Data · 2022 Full Details

Full Details

Title
Satellite detected water extent over Malawi and Mozambique as of 26 January 2022
Description
**UNOSAT code: TC20220126MWI** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Malawi and Mozambique as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 26 January 2021 at 05:16 local time and using an automated analysis with Artificial Intelligence based methods. Within the analyzed area of about 42,000 km2, about 610 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analyzed area, the potentially exposed population is mainly located in the districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje, Southern region, Malawi with respectively ~ 33,000 people and ~14,300 people, & in Cidade De Tete, Tete province, Mozambique with ~8,200 people. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT. Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2022-01-26
Date Issued
2022-02-16
License
http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
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.

Resource Class

Theme

Place

Local Collection

Location

Links

Cite and Reference

  • Citation
    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Satellite detected water extent over Malawi and Mozambique as of 26 January 2022. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/5fd0b336-a9de-4528-b1f6-ddc6c50cd3d2 (dataset)
  • BTAA Geoportal Link

View more items like this one...

Satellite detected water extent and evolution over Southern Region in Malawi & Tete and...

2023

Satellite detected water extent over Balaka, Neno and Zomba districts, Southern region,...

2022

Satellite detected water extent over Zambezia and Sofala province, Mozambique as of 02 ...

2022

Satellite detected water extent over Zambezia Province, Mozambique as of 28 January 2022

2022

Satellite detected water extents over Sofala, Tete and Zambezia Provinces, Mozambique a...

2023

Satellite detected water extent over Zambezia Provinces, Mozambique as of 24 March 2023

2023

Satellite detected water extents in Zambezia Province, Mozambique as of 15 March 2022

2022

Satellite detected water extents in Nampula Province, Mozambique as of 13 March 2022

2022

Satellite detected water extent over Southern Region, Malawi as of 14 March 2023

2023

Satellite detected water extent and evolution over Sofala and Zambezia Provinces, Mozam...

2023