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Geodata of Flood Waters Over South Sagaing State, Myanmar

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Title
Geodata of Flood Waters Over South Sagaing State, Myanmar
Description
This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters in the Southern region of Sagaing Division in the areas of Monywa, Chaung-U and Myaung townships of Myanmar as imaged by the Radarsat-2 satellite on 6 August 2015. Waters along the Chindwin River have expanded and inundated lands on either sides of the river bank. Flood affected lands increase in the area were Chindwin River flows into Ayeyarwady River. Total surface covered with water in the analysed area has increased from a pre-flood level of 1% to 5% during the flood period, and as of 6 August 2015 a total of 86,799 ha of lands were affected. The township of Myaung in Sagaing district was the worst affected township with 22,024 hectares of flood affected land, followed by Chaung-U township in Monywa district (13,732 ha). Approximately 12 km of roads are potentially affected by floods in 17 of the 29 anlyzed townships. 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
2015-08-12
Date Issued
2015-09-29
Access Rights
Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025

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  • Citation
    UNOSAT (2015). Geodata of Flood Waters Over South Sagaing State, Myanmar. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/a408667e-ef0a-4968-9a72-e77e4a5c154a (dataset)
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