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Satellite Detected Waters in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh

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Satellite Detected Waters in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
Description
This map illustrates satellite-detected surface water extent in the northeastern part of Bangladesh using a Sentinel-1 satellite image acquired on the 15 June 2018. In the analysed area; about 500,000 ha of lands are likely affected. The population exposure analysis using WorldPop data shows that 3,500,000 people are potentially affected by floods in this analysed zone: ~1,500,000 are located in Sylhet Division and ~1,000,000 in Sumanganj Division and about 35% of the population is leaving within or close to inundated areas. 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
2018-06-19
Date Issued
2018-07-15
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.

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  • Citation
    UNOSAT (2018). Satellite Detected Waters in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/6ff32fdd-aa19-4124-9537-9621f0d4e046 (dataset)
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