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NAME

r.basins.fill - Generates watershed subbasins raster map.

KEYWORDS

raster, hydrology

SYNOPSIS

r.basins.fill
r.basins.fill help
r.basins.fill c_map=name t_map=name result=name number=integer [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

c_map=name
Name of input coded stream network raster map
t_map=name
Name of input thinned ridge network raster map
result=name
Name for output raster map
number=integer
Number of passes through the dataset

DESCRIPTION

r.basins.fill generates a raster map layer depicting subbasins, based on input raster map layers for the coded stream network (where each channel segment has been "coded" with a unique category value) and for the ridges within a given watershed. The raster map layer depicting ridges should include the ridge which defines the perimeter of the watershed. The coded stream network can be generated as part of the r.watershed program, but the map layer of ridges will need to be created by hand (for example, through digitizing done in v.digit).

The resulting output raster map layer will code the subbasins with category values matching those of the channel segments passing through them. A user-supplied number of passes through the data is made in an attempt to fill in these subbasins. If the resulting map layer from this program appears to have holes within a subbasin, the program should be rerun with a higher number of passes.

NOTES

The current geographic region setting is ignored. Instead, the geographic region for the entire input stream's map layer is used.

SEE ALSO

See Appendix A of the GRASS Tutorial: r.watershed for further details on the combined use of r.basins.fill and r.watershed. r.watershed, v.digit

AUTHORS

Dale White, Dept. of Geography, Pennsylvania State University
Larry Band, Dept. of Geography, University of Toronto, Canada

Last changed: $Date: 2010-09-16 00:22:50 -0700 (Thu, 16 Sep 2010) $

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