MapBiomas Agua - Brazil Satellite Water Surface Platform
MapBiomas Water provides monthly and annual maps of surface water dynamics across Brazil (1985-present) at 30 m from Landsat imagery, discriminating natural water bodies from dams, reservoirs and mining water.
brasil.mapbiomas.org
At a glance
- Region
- Brazil (South America)
- Coverage
- South America
- Access
- Free
- Category
- NGO
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- surface water
- water surface
- Landsat
- time series
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Because it has: surface water
- 02
Change over time
See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Because it has: Landsat
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
- 02
Release decisions
Optimise releases against inflow forecasts.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
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