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Steps || Stream Order and Watershed Delineation using DEM in ArcGIS

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Create DEM link: https://youtu.be/b1ic2kLszBM Extract by Mask link: https://youtu.be/R_i6tIsMrrY Raster Clip link : https://youtu.be/9pW3LYNBOr8 Steps Watershed Delineation and Stream Order using DEM here are the steps to delineate a watershed and determine stream order using a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) in ArcGIS: First, make sure you have a DEM for the area of interest. If you don't have one, you can create it by watching this video Create DEM link: https://youtu.be/b1ic2kLszBM Once you have the DEM, create a new project in ArcGIS and add the DEM to the project. To delineate the watershed, you need to first create a Fill and then flow direction raster. To do this, go to ArcToolbox - Spatial Analyst Tools - Hydrology -Fill - Flow Direction. In the Flow Direction tool, select the DEM as the input raster and specify a location and name for the output flow direction raster. Once you have the flow direction raster, you can use it to create a flow accumulation raster, which will show the number of cells that flow into each cell. To do this, go to ArcToolbox - Spatial Analyst Tools - Hydrology - Flow Accumulation. In the Flow Accumulation tool, select the flow direction raster as the input raster and specify a location and name for the output flow accumulation raster. Now, you can use the flow accumulation raster to delineate the watershed. Go to ArcToolbox - Spatial Analyst Tools - Hydrology - Watershed. In the Watershed tool, select the flow accumulation raster as the input raster and specify a location and name for the output watershed polygon. Once you have the watershed polygon, you can use it to determine stream order. To do this, go to ArcToolbox - Spatial Analyst Tools - Hydrology - Stream Order. In the Stream Order tool, select the flow direction raster as the input raster, the watershed polygon as the input feature, and specify a location and name for the output stream order feature. After running the Stream Order tool, you will have a new feature class that shows the stream order for each segment of the stream network in the watershed.