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Flood Bardiya , 5 and Kailali district, Province 7 FL20200708NPL Imagery analysis: 29 July 2020 | Published 30 July 2020 | Version 1.0

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Satellite detected water extent as of 29 July 2020 in Province 5 and Province 7 of Nepal This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters over Bardiya district, Province 5 and

Kailali district, Province 7 of Nepal as observed N N " " 0 0 ' ' 5 5 3 from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 29 July 2020 3 ? ? 8 8 2 Within the analyzed area of about 2,600 km2, a 2 total of about 120 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 120,000 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.

Important Note: Flood analysis from radar imagery may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering N N " " 0

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Province boundary

Analysis Extent

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Map Scale for A3: 1:150,000

km 80?50'0"E 80?55'0"E 81?0'0"E 81?5'0"E 81?10'0"E 81?15'0"E 0 1 2 4 6 8 Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10.7 Satellite Data : Sentinel-1 Administrative boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown here are not warranted to be error-free nor do they imply Imagery Dates: 29 July 2020 Population data: WorldPop [2020] official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. UNOSAT is a program of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 44N Resolution: 10 m Reference Water : JRC (UNITAR), providing satellite imagery and related geographic information, research and analysis to UN humanitarian & development Projection: Transverse Mercator Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2020] Settlement Data : OpenStreetMap agencies & their implementing partners. This work by UNITAR-UNOSAT is licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0. Datum: WGS 1984 Source: ESA Analysis : UNITAR - UNOSAT Units: Meter Production: UNITAR - UNOSAT UNITAR - UNOSAT - Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, - T: +41 22 767 4020 (UNOSAT Operations) - Hotline 24/7: +41 75 411 4998 - [email protected] - www.unitar.org/unosat