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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'''.  


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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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Clients can validate if all major rainfall catchment areas connect to the water system, identifying isolated artificial water bodies.
* 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==
==See also==
* [[Watershed Overlay]]
* [[Watershed Overlay]]

Latest revision as of 12:46, 8 July 2026

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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:

  • 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.
  • Clients can validate if all major rainfall catchment areas connect to the water system, identifying isolated artificial water bodies.
  • 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.

See also

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