Flow accumulation

tr_flow_accumulation

Ngong Hills and the Rift Valley escarpment, Kajiado, KenyaHydrology1 call
What it does

Depression-filled D8 flow direction and accumulation, with an optional stream network (Strahler order).

Like Fill + Flow Direction + Flow Accumulation (Spatial Analyst) in ArcGIS Pro and GRASS r.watershed / SAGA Fill Sinks + Flow Accumulation in QGIS. Run by the product's terrain engine on 30 m cells from Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (full resolution): 740 x 930 = 688,200 cells; no model was called.

Flow accumulation and streams

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Flow accumulation (pure): the largest catchment drains 138.166 km2 through one cell; 274 stream link(s), Strahler order up to 4.

Flow accumulation and streams
Flow accumulation and streams

Parameters

ParameterValue
cell_size_m30
stream_threshold_cells1,111

Numbers

MeasureValue
backendpure
max_accumulation1.535e+05
outlets202
streams274
max_order4
dem.rows740
dem.cols930
dem.cell_m30
dem.crsEPSG:32737
dem.missing_frac0
dem.elev_min_m1,562
dem.elev_max_m2,456
dem.elev_mean_m1,824
dem.relief_m894.3
dem_source.kindcopernicus
dem_source.native_res_m30.91
dem_source.crsEPSG:4326
dem_source.datasetCopernicus DEM GLO-30

Notes

  • DEM: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (open data; cached). Copernicus DEM GLO-30: produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 (c) DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and (c) Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA
  • the grid (30 m) is finer than the DEM (30.9 m): values between DEM samples are interpolated

Layers

Files

LayerMade byKindFeaturesFile
Terrain: Flow accumulation (upstream cells)tr_flow_accumulationraster imagePNG 1,426 KB
Terrain: Flow direction (D8)tr_flow_accumulationraster imagePNG 288 KB
Terrain: Streams (Strahler order)tr_flow_accumulationlinestrings274GeoJSON 97 KB