Mauritania - GLIDE Disaster Events: Geospatial Disaster Records

A collection of disaster event records for Mauritania using the GLIDE (GLobal unique IDEntifier for Disasters) system. The data is published by the GLIDE Initiative and is used by organizations including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and FAO to enable interoperability across disaster information sources. The dataset was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Track disaster occurrences in Mauritania based on the standardized GLIDE identifier system.
• Cross-reference disaster information across different humanitarian platforms based on the interoperable GLIDE number.
• Analyze geospatial patterns of disasters in Mauritania based on the provided GEOJSON format.
• Integrate disaster event data into multi-agency reporting systems based on the common identifier used by UN and other agencies.

Strengths

• Employs the GLIDE system, a globally common unique ID code for disasters adopted by multiple major institutions.
• Available in both GEOJSON and CSV formats, offering flexibility for geospatial and tabular analysis.
• Licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the hdx platform's data collection scope for Mauritania.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Collection Method

Registered disaster records from multiple structured and textual sources using the GLIDE identifier.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:55:12.955367; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mauritania