Digital database architecture and delineation methodology for deriving drainage basins, and a comparison of digitally and non-digitally derived numeric drainage areas

Dupree, Jean A.; Crowfoot, Richard M.

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The drainage basin is a fundamental hydrologic entity used for studies of surface-water resources and during planning of water-related projects. Numeric drainage areas published by the U.S. Geological Survey water science centers in Annual Water Data Reports and on the National Water Information Systems (NWIS) Web site are still primarily derived from hard-copy sources and by manual delineation of polygonal basin areas on paper topographic map sheets. To expedite numeric drainage area determinations, the Colorado Water Science Center developed a digital database structure and a delineation methodology based on the hydrologic unit boundaries in the National Watershed Boundary Dataset. This report describes the digital database architecture and delineation methodology and also presents the results of a comparison of the numeric drainage areas derived using this digital methodology with those derived using traditional, non-digital methods. (Please see report for full Abstract)

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70040207

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Dupree, Jean A.; Crowfoot, Richard M.

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Colorado Water Science Center

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English

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Collection and Delineation of Spatial Data (Book 11)

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viii, 59 p.

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This report is Chapter 6 of Section C in Book 11, Collection and Delineation of Spatial Data, of the USGS Techniques and Methods series.

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U.S. Geological Survey

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Techniques and Methods

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11-C6

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Digital database architecture and delineation methodology for deriving drainage basins, and a comparison of digitally and non-digitally derived numeric drainage areas; 2012; TM; 11-C6; USGS Techniques and Methods; Collection and Delineation of Spatial Data (Book 11); Dupree, Jean A.; Crowfoot, Richard M.