Unlike the simplification of independent line features, the generalization of terrain contour is to handle the “line group”, which describes the geomorphologic characteristics, such as the terrain valley and ridge. In decision level, the real operation object in terrain generalization is not line segment itself but the drainage network contained in the contour representation. This paper present...

High-resolution images of the seabed obtained with the use of hydroacoustic measurements allow a detailed identification of inaccessible seabed areas such as the Hans Glacier foreland in the Hornsund Fjord on Spitsbergen. Analyses presented in the paper were carried out on a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the bay’s seafloor exposed in the process of deglaciation, obtained from bathymetric dat...

Wetlands are broadly defined as a variety of shallow water bodies and high ground water environments that are characterized by permanent or temporary inundation or, in other words, a terrestrial ecosystem which hydraulic condition is that of water saturated soils with plants and animals adapted to life in such an environment (Lewis, W.M., 1995). From a hydrological point of view, the Ibera wetl...

Skeleton lines of terrain, i.e. ridge and valley lines are essential features on topographic maps. A skeleton line is the one with minimum slope among the slope lines. Slope lines are the lines of the steepest slope. Skeleton lines are used for a wide range of aims, e.g. emphasizing land forms, generation of high fidelity digital terrain models, terrain generalization, determining characteristi...

With regard to the importance of instantaneous peak discharge estimation for watershed management study, and due to the lack of and unqualified climatic and hydrologic data for estimation and measurement in countries such as Iran, researchers were obliged to establish a link between constant parameters (geomorphologic) and variables (hydrologic) to present models with minimum dependence on clim...

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