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Polygon inventory of 12,920 Asia Summer Monsoon (ASM) Triggered landslides in Nepal (NERC Grant NE/L002582/1)
This is a polygon Shapefile of 12,920 Asia Summer Monsoon (ASM) - triggered landslides that occurred across central-eastern Nepal in the period 1988 - 2018. This inventory includes the landslide locations, perimeters (Length field), areas and pre-/post- monsoon season satellite image dates used to map each landslide.Note, landslides were not mapped in the years 2011 and 2012 due to scan line errors in Landsat 7 imagery. These landslides were mapped for a range of purposes, from conducting landsl
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Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
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- https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item166966
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/d614bc9b-2696-4bd6-be01-b461cee575d1/polygon-inventory-of-12920-asia-summer-monsoon-asm-triggered-landslides-in-nepal-nerc-grant-ne-
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