Module Lake Flood
This module can be used to flood a digital elevation model from seed points. Seed points have to be coded either with local water depth or absolute water level.
- Author: Volker Wichmann (c) 2005-2010
 
- Specification: grid
 
- Menu: Terrain Analysis|Hydrology|Miscellaneous
 
Parameters
|   | Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints | 
| Input | DEM | Grid (input) | ELEV | digital elevation model | - | 
 | Seeds | Grid (input) | SEEDS | seed cells coded with local water depth or absolute water level, all other cells NoData | - | 
| Output | Lake | Grid (output) | OUTDEPTH | extent of lake, coded with water depth | - | 
 | Surface | Grid (output) | OUTLEVEL | Flooded digital elevation model | - | 
| Options | Absolute Water Levels | Boolean | LEVEL | check this in case seed cells are coded with absolute water level | Default: 0 | 
Command-line
Usage: saga_cmd ta_hydrology 16 [-ELEV <str>] [-SEEDS <str>] [-LEVEL <str>] [-OUTDEPTH <str>] [-OUTLEVEL <str>]
  -ELEV:<str>    	DEM
	Grid (input)
  -SEEDS:<str>   	Seeds
	Grid (input)
  -LEVEL:<str>   	Absolute Water Levels
	Boolean
	Default: 0
  -OUTDEPTH:<str>	Lake
	Grid (output)
  -OUTLEVEL:<str>	Surface
	Grid (output)