Afghanistan Flood hazard

Fluvial flood hazard is calculated based on probabilistic hydrological analysis models (precipitation into runoff) and hydrodynamic analysis (runoff into river flow and inundation, and flow over floodplain areas).

Resources

Flood hazard scenarios - country (baseline) geotiff (Details)

Flood extent and water depth in Afghanistan for eight return period scenarios (5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 years) based on historical baseline.

Reference coordinate system	EPSG:32642
Spatial Resolution (meters)	90

Flood hazard scenarios - country (2050) geotiff (Details)

Flood extent and water depth in Afghanistan for eight return period scenarios (5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 years) based on climate projections for 2050.

Reference coordinate system	EPSG:32642
Spatial Resolution (meters)	90

Flood hazard scenarios - Kabul (baseline) geotiff (Details)

Flood extent and water depth in Kabul for three return period scenarios (5, 100 and 1000 years) based on historical baseline.

Reference coordinate system	EPSG:32642
Spatial Resolution (meters)	10

Flood hazard scenarios - country (2050) geotiff (Details)

Flood extent and water depth simulated for four historical events: 1978, 1991 (2 river floods), 1992 (flash flood and landslide) event.

Reference coordinate system	EPSG:32642
Spatial Resolution (meters)	90

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RDL Hazard Info

Hazard type	Flood
Processes	Fluvial Flood
Intensity	Flood water depth (m)
Hazard Analysis Type
Calculation Method	Simulated
Occurrence Range	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 years, 5, 100, 1000 years

Additional Info

ID of dataset	AFG_hzd-flood
Publisher of dataset	GFDRR
Dataset version	2018
Data purpose	These maps have been derived on a nation-wide scale for the purpose of identifying high risk- areas on the district and provincial scale, from which decisions can be made on allocating efforts for more detailed site specific hazard and risk analysis. Use of this information on smaller scales should be applied with care. Importantly for on a local scale, it is often the case that more detailed case history and hazard information is required to perform such hazard and risk modelling, particularly where applied to dimension mitigation structures or strategies.
Project that produced the dataset	Afghanistan Multi-hazard risk assessment
Additional details	To better understand natural hazard and disaster risk, the World Bank and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) supported the development of new ﬂuvial ﬂood, ﬂash ﬂood, drought, landslide, avalanche and seismic risk information in Afghanistan, as well as a frst-order analysis of the costs and benefts of resilient reconstruction and risk reduction strategies. This publication describes the applied methods and main results of the project.
Creator	GFDRR
Contact Point	Pierre Chrzanowski
License	CC-BY-4.0