Sangha Trinational

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 22 December 2019
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 27 December 2019
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 22 and 24 December 2019
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Forestry, savannah, land, UNESCO World Heritage site, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Republic
Fig. 1 - Sangha Trinational forest is located in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo meet.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (22 & 24.12.2019) - 11,8,2 colour composite - Sangha Trinational includes three national parks.
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This 7463 km² area hosts over 100 species of mammals which of endangered species such as forest elephants and western lowland gorilla
Fig. 3 - S1 (22 & 27.12.2019) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Sangha Trinational became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012
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Photo of Dzanga-Ndoki, one of the three national parks of Sangha International located in the Central African Republic - Source: Wikipedia.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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