| Tool Name | Strahler Order |
| Tool ID | 6 |
| Library ID | ta_channels |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Author(s) | Victor Olaya, Volker Wichmann (c) 2004-2017 |
Please cite SAGA whenever you use it for your publications:
doi:10.5194/gmd-8-1991-2015
Description
This tool allows one to calculate the Strahler stream order on basis of a DEM and the steepest descent (D8) algorithm.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints |
|---|
| Input |
|---|
| Elevation | grid, input | DEM | The input elevation data set. | |
| Output |
|---|
| Strahler Order | grid, output | STRAHLER | The output data set with encoded Strahler stream order. | |