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Status of River Breakages along Juba  Rivers - Issued March 2024
Resource ID
46474344-df9d-11ee-9fb7-eab1b014fce8
Title
Status of River Breakages along Juba Rivers - Issued March 2024
Date
March 11, 2024, 2:48 p.m., Publication
Abstract
FAO-SWALIM has updated the status of the river breakages along the Juba and Shabelle Rivers using available Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery and a Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Four types of breakages have been identified, namely; open, overflow, Canal Flooding Point, and closed with sandbags. The open breakages are those that are currently open as observed on the latest VHR image available. All the observations reported refers to the latest suitable VHR satellite image available, which is indicated in the online database. 299 Open breakage points have been identified, 190 on the Shabelle River and 109 on the Juba River which require immediate action. Additionally, 97 Canal Overflow points and 747 Overflows were also identified during this season. Users are advised that the methodology is biased towards Remote Sensing (RS) interpretation with only limited “ground truthing” due to access constraints. Open breakages might have been omitted in some cases where satellite images may not have been very clear (e.g. heavy cloud cover) or were not available.
Edition
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Owner
admin
Point of Contact
SWALIM
swalim@fao.org
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
continual
Type
not filled
Restrictions
None
License
Not Specified
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
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Supplemental Information
No information provided
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: 1.462379932403560
  • x1: 45.678672790527300
  • y0: -0.096370004117489
  • y1: 4.892940044403080
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Water related datasets
Regions
Somalia