The filaos line, Senegal's answer to Niayes strip coastal erosion

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 04 January 2020 at 19:18:24 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 13 January 2020 at 11:34:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, forestry, wind erosion, agriculture, beach, food security, Senegal.
Fig. 1 - S2 (13.01.2020) - Niayes is a 25-30 km wide strip of land along the Atlantic coast between Dakar, Senegal & Nouakchott, Mauritania.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (13.01.2020) - Behind the 100m-wide Grande Côte beach strip, the area has a ridge of coastal sand dunes.
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Niayes is vital to the economy of Senegal, being used for fishing, aviculture and producing 80% of Senegal's vegetables, fruit and rice.
Fig. 3 - S2 (13.01.2020) - Belts of salt-tolerant filaos have been planted from Dakar to Saint Louis to prevent wind erosion of the soil.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (04.01.2020) - The filaos line protects the coastland by stabilising the dunes & shields the farmland at east from the wind.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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