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NAME

r.stream.watersheds - Sub-watershed and sub-stream delineation based on the drainage direction and a gridded stream network.

KEYWORDS

raster, stream, drainage, hydrology

SYNOPSIS

r.stream.watersheds
r.stream.watersheds --help
r.stream.watersheds drainage=name stream=name [folder=name] [cpu=float] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

drainage=name [required]
Name of the drainage direction raster (generated with r.watershed)
stream=name [required]
Name of the stream network raster
folder=name
Provide the full folder path and name where the sub-watersheds and sub-streams should be stored
Default: GISDBASE/folder_structure
cpu=float
Number of CPUs used for the parallel computation
Default: 1

Table of contents

DESCRIPTION

Delineate the upstream contributing area ('sub-watershed') and stream sections ('sub-stream') for each grid cell of a stream network.

REFERENCES

Sami Domisch, Giuseppe Amatulli, Walter Jetz (2015): Near-global freshwater-specific environmental variables for biodiversity analyses in 1 km resolution, Scientific Data 2, 150073, DOI:10.1038/sdata.2015.73

AUTHORS

Giuseppe Amatulli
Sami Domisch

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.stream.watersheds source code (history)

Latest change: Monday Jan 30 19:52:26 2023 in commit: cac8d9d848299297977d1315b7e90cc3f7698730


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