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Mangroves Analysis
Select a reservoir location (Africa only)
Tool description:
  • Tool currently only works in african region.
  • This tool combines reservoir trap efficiency calculation by Brune(1953) and mangrove vulnerability study by WWF.
  • Activate the Fill Coordinates button and click on a map location to indicate position of a potential dam. Location will snap to the closest river.
  • Add expected size of a reservoir. If annual inflow is not specified, it will be estimated from Octopus database.
  • Tool will provide statistics on expected change in sediments transfer and outline potentionally affected areas of mangrove forests.
  • Graph outlying historical changes in nearby mangrove forests will also be provided.




Reservoir dimensions
×106 m3


×106 m3

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