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70,345 mapped features and 23,095 observations from 23 datasets, harmonised to one set of units, with every number traceable to its source.
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Mangroves are where Atlas starts. The same platform holds the pressures, places and projects around them for Somalia.
The seascape at a glance
Live from Atlas’ own databaseMangrove formations map
Pan and zoom; click a polygon for its area and source
Area by formation
Share of mapped hectares
Landscape science
Computed, reproducible measures (see Methodologies)Fragmentation
How broken up is the canopy?
- Patches
- 564
- Median / mean patch
- 0.357 / 6.70 ha
- Effective mesh size
- 111.3 ha
- Largest patch index
- 11.1% of area
- Patch-size exponent α
- 1.53
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Mangrove area is not significantly clustered. 0 hot-spot and 1 cold-spot cells.
Spatial analysisThemes
Where Atlas has data, and where it is still emptyWhat the analysis says
Top recommendations from the intelligence engineAsk the analyst
Plain-English questions, answered with real calculations
Datasets in Atlas
23 datasets from 4 sources — grouped by where they come fromGlobal Mangrove Watch v3.0
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 5 datasets · 5,328 features
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
1,087 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
1,081 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
1,069 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
1,042 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
1,049 features |
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 3,999 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
675 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
564 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
566 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
541 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
554 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
581 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, Somalia Mangroves · v1 |
518 features |
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya · 10 datasets · 61,014 features
| polygons Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
11 features | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
126 features | |
| Rivers Water & Catchments · v1 |
228 features | |
| AfricaPriority_River Water & Catchments · v1 |
857 features | |
| TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018 Biodiversity · v1 |
1,414 features | |
| TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018 Biodiversity · v1 |
1,414 features | |
| Small airport Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
1,979 features | |
| Districts Boundaries & Reference · v1 |
6,099 features |
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 4 features
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Somalia Community Projects · v1 |
4 features |
Data health
The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archiveQuality scorecard
Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Somalia | 90 | |
| polygons | 95 | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations | 95 | |
| Rivers | 95 | |
| AfricaPriority_River | 95 | |
| TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018 | 95 | |
| TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018 | 95 | |
| Small airport | 95 | |
| Districts | 95 | |
| Irrigated Areas | 95 |
Local archive
Atlas runs from its own copy
- Last import
- 14 Oct 2026, 15:38
- Snapshots kept
- 1
- Units
- ha · m · % · UTC · WGS 84
- Sources online?
- Not needed. Atlas serves everything from its own database.