Mapping Inundation Extent for Bihar (Paschim Champaran)

Mapping Inundation Extent for Bihar (Paschim Champaran)

Mapping Inundation extent for Bihar (Paschim Champaran) using ESA Sentinel-1 Satellite Data 13 Aug 2017 North-eastern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh received heavy rainfall during the last few days, Legend Map Prepared by: Data Provided by: ± which caused widespread flood claiming 160 human lives and displacing millions of people from their Disaster Image :Sentinel-1 homes. The floods imposed economic hardships among thousands of farmers due to the destruction of Date :13 Aug. 2017 rice crops in the ongoing Kharif season. Indian state of Bihar, which receives most of the flood waters from rivers in upstream Nepal is also Flood The analysis excluded permanent water bodies including reservoir, River/Permanent water tanks and ponds and this reflects only the inundation extent. Please seriously affected in the ongoing disaster event. Four districts located along the Indian-Nepal border in note the surface water extent mapped has not yet been validated in the Bihar Kishanganj, Araria, Purnea and Katihar districts are under high inundation affecting nearly one District Boundary million people. Flood inundation and damages are also reported in other districts Darbhanga, T!he depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and State boundary Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul as well as East and West Champaran. related data shown in these maps are based on the sources District wise satellite estimated flood extent (without river masking) East Champaran 1858 km.sq, West Rivers they have been drawn from and quoted. These are neither error-free nor do they imply official endorsement or the position Champaran 1276 km.sq, Maharajganj 850 km.sq, Chitawan 369 km.sq, Parsa 441 km.sq, Nawalparasi Road of IWMI. ! 171sq.km and Rupandehi 102 km.sq ! 16 August 2017 | FL-2017-0008-IN | Version 1 Cities/Town ! ! !Gobardhana Gawnaha ! ! Ramnagar Mujra ! ! Kharpokhra Kharpokhba Harinagar Harinagab ! ! ! Shikarpur ! ! Bagaha Narkatiaganj ! ! ! Pashchim Champaran Patilar ! Madhubani Masan River ! ! ! Lauriya Nandangarh Lauriya ! ! Chappatia Station Chanpatia ! Tikulia ! ! Khaira Tola Khaira Tela Bihar ! ! Jogapatti Jogapari ! ! ! Uttar Pradesh Dudahi Majhwalia ! !Bishunpura ! Bettiah Kushinagar ! ! Copyright(c) Sentinel-1 images 0 5 10 15 20 km ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !.

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