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Modelled flood extents for Kampala, Uganda

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
Topic
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Summary

Data comprise modelled flood extents for the Kampala district produced by simulating rainfall events over a 5m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) using a 2D finite-volume hydrodynamic model. The DEM was obtained from Makerere University and rainfall events were sampled across a range of depths and durations (for 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 mm of rainfall over 1, 3 and 6 hours using flood depth thresholds of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 mm). The effects of infiltration were included within green areas based on spatial data obtained from Makerere University. Maximum depths were converted into extents using various thresholds. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e53dea2e-cb25-4f0f-b5f9-937eecf15aff

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
e53dea2e-cb25-4f0f-b5f9-937eecf15aff
Extent (Latitude)
0.409° to 0.207°
Extent (Longitude)
32.511° to 32.684°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2021-09-07
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: McClean, F., Walsh, C., Lwasa, S., Ddumba, D. (2021). Modelled flood extents for Kampala, Uganda. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e53dea2e-cb25-4f0f-b5f9-937eecf15aff
Responsible party
Newcastle University (author, pointOfContact, owner); Makerere University (author); (publisher, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng