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Satellite dected waters extents, as of 13 February 2020 over the Republic of Madagascar

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Satellite dected waters extents, as of 13 February 2020 over the Republic of Madagascar
Description
**UNOSAT code: FL20200128MDG** This maps illustrates satellite-detected water via VIIRS-NOAA on the center and the northern part of the Republic of Madagascar between the 09 and the 13 February 2020. Within the analysed extent not covered by clouds, a total of about 9,116 km2 appear to be flooded, of which about 2,098 km2, 1,366 km2 and 834 km2 in Boeny, Melaky and Alaotra-Mangoro region respectively. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 1,300,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. In Boeny, Melaky and Alaotra-Mangoro regions, respectively 170,000; 35,000 and 80,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT.
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UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
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The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2020-02-14
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 2025-08-23.

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    UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2020). Satellite dected waters extents, as of 13 February 2020 over the Republic of Madagascar. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/e7f7f372-97fc-4077-88f4-686448f89fe9 (dataset)
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