High Mountain Asia Landslide Catalog, Version 1
Data set id:
HMA_LS_Cat
DOI: 10.5067/5ST0TZCD9RQ3
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Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set is an open global landslide inventory with input from citizen scientists. The data include the time and location of various landslide events, as well as event characteristics, such as triggers, the number of fatalities, country of occurrence, and the length and area of the slide.
Parameter(s):
LANDSLIDES
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
MULTIPLE
Data Format(s):
Shapefile
Temporal Coverage:
10 February 1956 to 18 December 2018
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
N:
72.7
S:
-46.8
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
Data Access & Tools
This data set has been retired. There is a more recent version of these data.
Documentation
User Guide
Help Articles
How to Articles
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