Flood prone location kwale County

Title
Flood prone location kwale County
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Abstract

Flood prone location kwale County is a vector file showing areas below one-meter elevation. The data was derived by CORDIO from the Space Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 30 meter DEM data.
The layer reflects places that are prone to coastal flood projection according to the selected elevation dataset.

Publication Date
Type
Vector Data
Keywords
elevation
Category
Environment
environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape
Regions
Africa , East Africa , Kenya
Owner
More info
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Maintenance Frequency
Data Is Updated As Deemed Necessary
Restrictions
This map should be regarded as a screening tool to identify places that may require deeper investigation of flooding risk.
Purpose

The layer could be used for multiple purposes including the development of indicators showing communities vulnerable to sea level threats/changes.

Language
English
Data Quality
SRTM data used to derive this layer is known to have verticle errors exaggerated to a tune of 4 meters in densely populated areas and in areas with dense vegetation. Users are therefore advised to use this layer as a screening tool for areas that would require further analysis of flooding threats.
Supplemental Information

SRTM data used to derive this layer is known to have verticle errors exaggerated to a tune of 4 meters in densely populated areas and in areas with dense veg...

Spatial Representation Type
vector data is used to represent geographic data
Attribute Name Label Description Range Average Median Standard Deviation
OBJECTID NA 3.00 3.00 1.41
NAME_2 NA
NAME_3 NA
Shape_Leng NA 0.36 0.02 0.43
Shape_Area NA -4.39 -4.40 0.17
Area_kmsq NA 0.78 0.02 0.94

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    Owner

    Kwale_County

    CORDIO

    Point of Contact

    cordio

    CORDIO East Africa

    Metadata Author

    cordio

    CORDIO East Africa