Mubarak Al-Kabeer salt marsh, Kuwait

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 25 February 2019 at 07:29:01 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 02 April 2019 at 02:46:55 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 19 July 2019 at 02:47:00 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 24 August 2019 at 02:47:02 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, tidal flat, mudflat, lagoon, Ramsar wetland, infrastructure, biodiversity, Kuwait, Iraq, Persian Gulf
Fig. 1 - S2 (25.02.2019) - The 50,948 hectares Mubarak al-Kabeer reserve is Kuwait's first Ramsar Wetland.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (02.04, 19.07 & 24.08.2019) - It consists of small lagoons and shallow salt marshes and is an important stop-over for migrating birds.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (02.04, 19.07 & 24.08.2019) - A port & power plants are planned on Bubiyan Island, a 5000 MW power plant has already been built.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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