Satellite detected water extents in Midongy-Atsimo District, Atsimo Atsinanana Region, Madagascar as of 24 February 2022
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Satellite detected water extents in Midongy-Atsimo District, Atsimo Atsinanana Region, Madagascar as of 24 February 2022
Description
**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Midongy-Atsimo District, Atsimo Atsinanana Region, Madagascar as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 24 February 2022 at 10:00 local time. Within the analyzed area about 1,200 km2, a total of about 90 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 5,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis that has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2022-03-04
Date Issued
2022-03-22
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Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
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The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Satellite detected water extents in Midongy-Atsimo District, Atsimo Atsinanana Region, Madagascar as of 24 February 2022. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/72af6137-ea24-4883-af38-d339a07b2275 (dataset)