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Mapping Inundation extent for Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Golaghat...
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Jorhat Golaghat Wokha Karbi Anglong Zunheboto Mokokchung Lakhimpur Sibsagar Sonitpur Papum Pare Kohima Tuensang Tuensang Assam Nagaland Arunanchal Pradesh 15 August 2017 | FL-2017-0001-IN | Version 1 Map Prepared by: Data Provided by: The analysis excluded permanent water bodies including reservoir, tanks and ponds and this reflects only the inundation extent. Please note the surface water extent mapped has not yet been validated in the ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Daria Laluk Luhit Gohpur Yekhum Dikrang Hulmari Abhaipur Itanagar Barpathar Baruagaon Kalyanpur Kaolakhat Nakachari Rangazumi Bar Dambuk Disangmukh Gejeragaon Gohaingaon Luhit River Borduttighat Chongliyimsen Legend Mapping Inundation extent for Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Golaghat, Sonitpur in Assam using ESA Sentinel-1 Satellite Data The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names and related data shown in these maps are based on the sources they have been drawn from and quoted. These are neither error-free nor do they imply official endorsement or the position of IWMI. ! ± 0 30 60 15 45 km Copyright(c) Sentinel-1 images
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Jorhat
Golaghat
WokhaKarbi Anglong
Zunheboto
Mokokchung
Lakhimpur
Sibsagar
Sonitpur
Papum Pare
Kohima
Tuensang
TuensangDimapur Dimapur
Assam
Nagaland
Arunanchal Pradesh
15 August 2017 | FL-2017-0001-IN | Version 1
Map Prepared by: Data Provided by:
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Daria
Laluk
Luhit
Gohpur
Yekhum
Dikrang
Hulmari
Abhaipur
Itanagar
Barpathar
Baruagaon
Kalyanpur
Kaolakhat
Nakachari
Rangazumi
Bar Dambuk
DisangmukhGejeragaon
Gohaingaon
Luhit River
Borduttighat
Chongliyimsen
LegendDisaster Im age :Sentine l-1Date :12 Aug. 2017
North-eastern Ind ia, southern Nepal and Banglad esh receive d heavy rainfall d uring the last fe w d ays,w hich cause d w id e spread flood claim ing 160 hum an lives and d isplacing m illions of people from theirhom es. The flood s im pose d econom ic hard ships am ong thousand s of farm ers d ue to the d estruction ofrice crops in the ongoing Kharif season. Accord ing to the official’s reports, at least 2.5 m illion peoplehad been affecte d , includ ing som e 200,000 now staying in 440 relie f cam ps. Second tim e in thism onsoon season, large areas of Assam 's Kaziranga National Park are also und er w ater, forcingend angere d rhinos and w ild anim als to m ove to higher ground .Kok rajhar, Dhubri and Bongaigaon inw estern Assam and Kaliabor, Dhem aji and Dibrugarh in Upper Assam are the w orst hit d istricts.
District w ise flood extent using satellite d ata (w ithout rive r m ask ) – Golaghat 1290 sq.k m , Jorhat 1352sq.k m , Lak him pur 1158 sq.k m , Nagaon 758 sq.k m , Sibsagar 147 sq.k m and Sonitpur1774 sq.k mrespective ly.
Mapping Inundation extent for Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Golaghat, Sonitpur in Assam using ESA Sentinel-1 Satellite Data
The depiction and use of boundaries, geographic names andrelated data shown in these maps are based on the sourcesthey have been drawn from and quoted. These are neithererror-free nor do they imply official endorsement or the positionof IWMI.
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