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Satellite detected waters extents over Northern Zambia

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Satellite detected waters extents over Northern Zambia
Description
**UNOSAT code: FL20200305ZMB** This map illustrates satellite-detected water via VIIRS-NOAA over Central, Luapula, Muchinga and Northern Province in Republic of Zambia between the 1st and the 05th March 2020. Within the analysed extent not covered by clouds, a total of about 10,000 km2 appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population about 28,000 people were potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas in Lunga district. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground fedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT.
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
Humanitarian Data Exchange
Temporal Coverage
2020-03-06
Date Issued
2020-06-03
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 2026-01-15.

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  • Citation
    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2020). Satellite detected waters extents over Northern Zambia. Humanitarian Data Exchange. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/a1417b88-7d47-48df-86f5-dd934f492e70 (dataset)
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