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The following project variables relate to the Catchment variable category.  They refer to statistics and values for the whole catchment, ie., the collection of all subcatchments.

These project variables must all be prefixed with %Catchment. eg., %Catchment.CatchmentArea.

 

Project Variable
(%catchment.)

Description

Output Type

Units

AverageSubCatchmentArea

Average area of all subcatchments

decimal

m2

AverageSubCatchmentVectoredSlope

Average of average vectored slope for each subcatchment

decimal

m/m

AverageVectoredSlope

Average vectored slope for catchment

decimal

m/m

AverageVectoredHillSlope

Average vectored hill slope for catchment

decimal

m/m

BifurcationRatio

Average bifurcation for catchment

decimal

 

CatchmentArea

Total area of all subcatchments.

decimal

m2

HortonDrainageDensity

Horton drainage density for catchment

decimal

km/km2

MainStreamLength

Length of main stream within catchment

decimal

m

MainStreamOriginPixelColumn

Origin pixel column of main stream within catchment

integer

 

MainStreamOriginPixelRow

Origin pixel row of main stream within catchment

integer

 

MainStreamSlope

Slope of main stream within catchment

decimal

m/m

CentroidEasting

Easting of catchment centroid

decimal

user coordinate

CentroidNorthing

Northing of catchment centroid

decimal

user coordinate

OutletCentroidEasting

Easting of catchment outlet

decimal

user coordinate

OutletCentroidNorthing

Northing of catchment outlet

decimal

user coordinate

MeanElevation

Mean (Average) elevation of all pixels within the catchment

decimal

m

MedianElevation

Median elevation of all pixels within the catchment

decimal

m

MinElevation

Minimum elevation of all pixels within the catchment

decimal

m

MaxElevation

Maximum elevation of all pixels within the catchment

decimal

m

VertRange

Maximum catchment elevation minus minimum catchment elevation (i.e., VertRange = MaxElev - MinElev)

decimal

m

ElevStdDeviation

Standard deviation of all pixel elevations in catchment

decimal

m

MaxNetworkDepth

Maximum number of subcatchments that a pixel flow path may traverse

integer

 

MaxProcessingOrder

Maximum processing order (should equal number of subcatchments in fully connected network)

integer

 

MaxStreamOrder

Maximum Horton stream order for catchment

integer

 

NumberOfJunctions

Total number of junctions

integer

 

NumberOfPixels

Number of pixels within subcatchment.

integer

 

NumberOfSelfContainedSubCatchments

Total number of subcatchments without upstream input

integer

 

NumberOfSubCatchments

Total number of subcatchments.

integer

 

NumberOfThroughFlowSubCatchments

Total number of subcatchments with upstream input.

integer

 

RasterDrainageDensity

Raster drainage density for catchment

decimal

m2/m2

StDevSubCatchmentArea

Standard deviation of subcatchment areas

decimal

m2

AverageSubCatchmentFlowLength

The average of the flow path lengths to the their respective subcatchment outlet. Please note, this does not include smoothing.

decimal

m

LakeArea

The total area occupied by lakes within the catchment

decimal

ha

LakeProp

The proportion of area occupied by lakes relative to the total catchment area

decimal