Dataset

Buildings, infrastructure, and population in the potentially impacted areas by glacier lake outburst floods of Tsho Rolpa, Nepal, 2020

Civil Infrastructure, Flooding, TsunamisNepalUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK CEH)

Dataset Objective

To assess objects subjected to flooding risks from the Tsho Rolpa Lake, glacier.

Context

The Tsho Rolpa Lake is the largest moraine-dammed proglacial lake in Nepal and was identified as one of the country’s most dangerous glacier lakes with a high possibility of outburst.

What is included

This dataset entails agriculture land, buildings, infrastructure, roads,

Collection Methods

Satellite imagery