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[[File:Watershed_Overlay.png|thumb|right|Watershed overlay showing the calculated watersheds for a rural area. Each watershed is colored uniquely.]]  
[[File:Watershed_Overlay.png|thumb|right|Watershed overlay showing the calculated watersheds for a rural area. Each watershed is colored uniquely.]]  


The watershed module calculates the result for the following question:
The watershed module determines which waterways raindrops flow into, based on their starting locations and the terrain elevation.
''I want to know into which waterway a set of rain drops will end up based on the terrain elevation and the starting location of the drops.''
The locations of the drops that all end up in the same waterway can be grouped together to form a region called the '''watershed'''.  
The locations of the drops that all end up in the same waterway can be grouped together to form a region called the '''watershed'''.  


===Watersheds applications===
===Watersheds applications===
Watersheds can be used for the following:
Watersheds can be used for the following:
* A client wants to know which waterways are the largest and therefore most important in his water system. This way, the client can manage maintenance and adjustments more appropriately.
* For example to show which waterways are the largest and therefore most important in the water system to better manage maintenance and adjustments.
* A client wants to validate its water system and find out if all major rainfall catchment areas are connected to the water system. For example, a client finds out that a human constructed water body plays a major role in storing rain fall water but has no connection to the water system to discharge any excess.
* Resolve disputes regarding the presence or absence of rainfall discharge on specific land parcels..
* A client can use the watershed, in combination with the waterways this watershed belongs to, in our calculation models outside the {{software}}. For example, by using the watershed as a way to quantify how much rainfall a waterway will receive in grand scale, low detail water system calculations.
* Watersheds and their associated waterways can be used in external models to quantify rainfall for large-scale, low-detail systems.
* A client has to solve disputes with landowners complaining about (the lack of) rainfall discharge on their land.
* A client has to solve disputes with landowners complaining about (the lack of) rainfall discharge on their land.


==See also==
{{article end
* [[Watershed Overlay]]
|seealso= * [[Watershed Overlay]]
|api=
* [[Api session items overlays]]
* [[Api session event editor overlay add]]
}}

Latest revision as of 11:22, 15 July 2026

Watershed overlay showing the calculated watersheds for a rural area. Each watershed is colored uniquely.

The watershed module determines which waterways raindrops flow into, based on their starting locations and the terrain elevation. The locations of the drops that all end up in the same waterway can be grouped together to form a region called the watershed.

Watersheds applications

Watersheds can be used for the following:

  • For example to show which waterways are the largest and therefore most important in the water system to better manage maintenance and adjustments.
  • Resolve disputes regarding the presence or absence of rainfall discharge on specific land parcels..
  • Watersheds and their associated waterways can be used in external models to quantify rainfall for large-scale, low-detail systems.
  • A client has to solve disputes with landowners complaining about (the lack of) rainfall discharge on their land.