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Topographic Characteristics of Drainage Divides at the Mountain-Range Scale-A Review of DTM-Based Analytical Tools

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi11020116

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geomorphometry; terrain analysis; topographic attributes; drainage divide; Sudetes

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This article reviews DTM-based measures that can be used to study the main drainage divides of mountain ranges. It presents both previous measures and new or modified approaches, aiming to showcase a range of tools and discuss their potential and challenges.
We review DTM-based measures that can be applied to study the main drainage divides of mountain ranges. Both measures proposed in the past and new or modified approaches are presented, in order to show an ensemble of tools and jointly discuss their information potential and problematic issues. The first group focuses on the main drainage divide (MDD) as a line running along the range and includes elevation profile, sinuosity, and orientation. The second one includes measures used to compare morphometric properties of two parts of the range, located on the opposite sides of the MDD, such as range asymmetry, morphometric properties of drainage basins, and the position of MDD versus maximum elevation within the range. In the third group, morphometric properties of the terrain immediately adjacent to the MDD are considered. These include properties of areas located far beyond the range symmetry line, topographic asymmetry, longitudinal stream profiles, and relief types derived from automatic landform classifications. The majority of these tools supports identification of sectors of the MDD, anomalous in terms of elevation, symmetry of the range, or the geomorphic context. All these measures were applied to the test area of the Sudetes range in Central Europe.

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