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Mapping the 2019 Iran flood, a case study in Khuzestan province
Mapping the 2019 Khuzestan flood using publicly available satellite imagery. Estimating the exposure of people and infrastructure within the flooded area.
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Flood area, 15 March 2019 to 7 June 2019
5,959 km²
- Share of the province
- 9.6%
98,418
Residents in the flood
WorldPop 2020
1,886 km²
Cropland in the flood
WorldCover 2020
313 km
Major road in the flood
OpenStreetMap, 2019
226 mm
Mean rainfall, Karun Basin
10-year mean 86 mm
Radar flood area in each 12-day window, 2019
The Khuzestan flood peaked between 8 and 19 April 2019.
Mangroves and protected areas
Mangrove extent inside and outside protected areas, 1985 to 2025, by country.
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Net change, 1996 to 2025
-1,920 km²
- Lost
- 20,372 km²
- Gained
- 18,451 km²
28% of the loss inside protected areas
Bigi Pan, Suriname
Change vs 1996
Bigi Pan protected area, Suriname, lost 46% of its mangrove since 1996.
Global mangrove cover
Total global mangrove extent, between 1996 and 2025.
