Satellite detected water extent in Region 9-Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana as of 12 June 2021
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2021
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Title
Satellite detected water extent in Region 9-Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana as of 12 June 2021
Description
**UNOSAT code: FL20210520GUY** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters along the Rupununi river in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana as observed from Sentinel-1 image acquired on 12 June 2021 at 09:45 UTC. Within the analyzed area of about 6,500 km2, a total of about 235 km2 of lands were observed as flooded and the road about 26 km are potentially affected by the floods. This is a preliminary analysis that 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
2021-06-14
Date Issued
2022-02-18
License
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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.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2022). Satellite detected water extent in Region 9-Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana as of 12 June 2021. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/d48aa12f-20ad-4458-82b8-a367e8823819 (dataset)