Watershed analysis by GIS

This presentation is a instructor teaching material created by CERI for JICA

training programs for watershed management and flood controls.
For self-learning, ArcGIS help on the ESRI website is also useful to learn.

CERI: Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region

Cold-Region Hydraulic and Aquatic Environment Engineering Research Group

STEP1: Mosaic SRTM images to one layer

STEP2: Create a watershed layer from DEM
STEP3: Mosaic LANDSAT images to one layer
STEP4: Clip LANDSAT layer by the watershed layer
STEP5: Land use analyses by MultiSpec

Images from ArcGIS Online Help

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Reading SRTM data

Mosaic to new raster

Mosaic to new raster

Applying symbology

Applying symbology

Spatial Reference: Lat & Lon

Using Online Maps

Project Raster
Latitude & Longitude(Degree)
UTM Zone 51N (Meter)

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Project Raster

Select
Projected Coordinate Systems
UTM
WGS 1984
Northern Hemisphere
WGS 1984 UTM Zone 51N.prj

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Spatial reference: UTM

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STEP1: Mosaic SRTM images to one layer

STEP2: Create a watershed layer from DEM
STEP3: Mosaic LANDSAT images to one layer
STEP4: Clip LANDSAT layer by the watershed layer
STEP5: Land use analyses by MultiSpec

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An overview of the Hydrology tools

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Hydrology: Fill

Images from ArcGIS Online Help

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Hydrology: Fill

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Hydrology: Flow Direction

Creates a raster of flow direction from each cell to
its steepest downslope neighbor.

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Hydrology: Flow Direction

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Hydrology: Flow Direction

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Hydrology: Flow Accumulation

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Generating flow accumulation data

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Conditional Tools: Con

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Conditional Tools: Con

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Hydrology: Stream Link

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Hydrology: Stream Link

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Hydrology: Watershed

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Hydrology: Watershed

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Hydrology: Watershed

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Hydrology: Watershed
Creating a watershed
by using outlet.shp

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Hydrology: Watershed

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Conversion Tools: Raster to Polygon

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Conversion Tools: Raster to Polygon

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STEP1: Mosaic SRTM images to one layer

STEP2: Create a watershed layer from DEM
STEP3: Mosaic LANDSAT images to one layer
STEP4: Clip LANDSAT layer by the watershed layer
STEP5: Land use analyses by MultiSpec

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Reading Landsat data

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Combining 6 bands to one layer

LANDSAT
Band1: Blue
Band2: Green
Band3: Red

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Combining 6 band to one layer

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Combining 6 bands into one layer

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Apply symbology

LANDSAT
Red: Band3
Green: Band2
Blue: Band1

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Mosaic LANDSAT images to a layer

Mosaic Operater:
MAXIMUM

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Mosaic LANDSAT images to a layer

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STEP1: Mosaic SRTM images to one layer

STEP2: Create a watershed layer from DEM
STEP3: Mosaic LANDSAT images to one layer
STEP4: Clip LANDSAT layer by the watershed layer
STEP5: Land use analyses by MultiSpec

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Clip LANDSAT layer

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Clip Landsat layer

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