Environment

Dakar (Senegal) - Flood Extent Maps 2009-2018 (ESA EO4SD-Urban)

Last Updated:
October 16, 2025
Countries:
Senegal
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155

For the urban and peri-urban area of Dakar, two main flood scenarios have to be considered: a. Fluvial floods b. Floods triggered by rainfall stagnation after heavy local cloudbursts Scenario a.) and b.) may occur at the same time. The shapefile includes 6 extents of floods between 2009 and 2018 based on HR optical imagery and 7 extents of floods based on visual interpretation of VHR data as available in GoogleEarth.

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Organization
World Bank Group
Contact
World Bank Group
Topics
Environment  
Last Updated
October 16, 2025
Release Year
2019
Start Date
2009
End Date
2018
Countries
Senegal
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Views
155
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None
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